Meaning

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

    silky hair

    a silky wine

    seidig, seiden, seidenweich

    шёлковыйšólkovyj

  2. Smooth and pleasant; seductive.

    a silky voice

    silky skills

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

  4. (slang)Having sensibilities of mainstream culture, in contrast to crunchy.

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

More definitions
  • having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; being of a smooth, soft and lustrous quality, resembling silk

Examples

16 sentences
  1. This cloth is really smooth and silky.

    Ця тканина дійсно гладенька і шовковиста.

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  2. She had long, black, silky hair.

    ruУ неё длинные чёрные шелковистые волосы.

    deSie hatte lange schwarze Haare mit seidigem Glanz.

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  3. She had long black hair with a silky lustre.

    deSie hatte lange schwarze Haare mit seidigem Glanz.

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

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  5. Sami's hair feels silky.

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Translations

8 languages
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similar in texture or appearance to silk:
Deutsch
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similar in texture or appearance to silk:

Origin

From Middle English sylky, equivalent to silk + -y.

From Middle English sylky, equivalent to silk + -y.

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Forms

silkier, silkiest
Comparativesilkier Lesson
Superlativesilkiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

17 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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