1 soft, smooth and shiny like silk:
soft, silky hair / fur
2 [usuallybeforenoun] smooth and gentle:
He spoke in a silky tone.
3 made of silk or a fabric that looks like silk:
a silky dress
silkily adverb:
'How have I changed?' he asked silkily.
silkiness noun [U]
silky adverb:
The leaves are grey and silky smooth.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for silky is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is silky a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, silky is tagged as adjective.
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