silky
Similar in appearance or texture (especially in softness and smoothness) to silk.
Example
“cloth with a silky lustre”
Other meanings
smooth and pleasant; seductive.
Covered in long, slender, glistening hairs pressed close to the surface; sericeous.
Synonyms
- silken
Related words
- silky mama
- silky mom
- silky-flycatcher
- silky-haired
- silky oak
- appressed-silky
- silky anteater
- silky lacewing
- silky smooth
- silky soft
- silkily
- silkiness
Word history
From Middle English "sylky".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “silky” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.