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Webster 1913 Edition
Silky
Silk′y
,Adj.
[
Com
par.
Silkier
; sup
erl.
Silkiest
.] 1.
Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; silken; silklike;
as, a
. silky
luster2.
Hence, soft and smooth;
as,
. silky
wine3.
Covered with soft hairs pressed close to the surface, as a leaf; sericeous.
Silky oak
(Bot.)
, a lofty Australian tree (
Grevillea robusta
) with silky tomentose lobed or incised leaves. It furnishes a valuable timber.Webster 1828 Edition
Silky
SILK'Y
,Adj.
1.
Made of silk; consisting of silk.2.
Like silk; soft and smooth to the touch.3.
Pliant; yielding;Definition 2025
silky
silky
English
Adjective
silky (comparative silkier, superlative silkiest)
- Similar in appearance or texture (especially in softness and smoothness) to silk.
- cloth with a silky lustre
- silky hair
- Smooth and pleasant; seductive.
- a silky wine
- silky skills
- (botany) Covered in long, slender, glistening hairs pressed close to the surface; sericeous.
Derived terms
Translations
similar in texture or appearance to silk
Noun
silky (plural silkies)
- Alternative spelling of silkie
References
- silky in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- “silky” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
- “silky” in Microsoft's Encarta World English Dictionary, North American Edition (2007)
- Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)