silky

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/ˈsɪlki/

adj 4noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

black, long, lustrous, nice, smooth, smooth, super, tiny

VERB + SILKY

compared, draws, feels, felt, produce, wore

SILKY + NOUN

fleece, hair, legs, lustre, scarf, substance

PREP.

across, from, than, with

ADV.

really

Definitions

adj

Similar in appearance or texture (especially in softness and smoothness) to silk.

silky hair

cloth with a silky lustre

Smooth and pleasant; seductive.

a silky wine

a silky voice

Covered in long, slender, glistening hairs pressed close to the surface; sericeous.

Having sensibilities of mainstream culture, in contrast to crunchy.

Cribs and formula, strollers and baby food epitomize silky parenting.

noun

Alternative spelling of silkie.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light

satiny
sleek
silken
silklike
slick

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

silky smooth

Extremely smooth

Example Bank

silky hair

Wiktionary

cloth with a silky lustre

Wiktionary

A portion of the Baromez does present a rude resemblance in its shape to the figure of an animal, and is covered by a soft downy substance, which may be compared to a silky fleece, of a reddish-brown

Wiktionary

A spider can produce a silky substance from tiny openings on its underside.

Tatoeba · #62964

Then it draws more silky lines across these spokes, leaving a smooth, non-sticky patch in the middle of the web.

Tatoeba · #264165

This cloth is really smooth and silky.

Tatoeba · #491839

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, silky is marked as slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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