Silky
['sɪlkɪ] or ['sɪlki]
Definition
(superl.) Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; silken; silklike; as, a silky luster.
(superl.) Hence, soft and smooth; as, silky wine.
(superl.) Covered with soft hairs pressed close to the surface, as a leaf; sericeous.
Typist: Ruben
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Silken.
Typed by Geoffrey
Examples
- She moved her head under his hand and smiled up at him and he felt the thick but silky roughness of the cropped head rippling between his fingers. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Chancing for an instant to look down, his glance rested on an uplifted face, flushed, smiling, happy, shaded with silky curls, lit with fine eyes. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It is made of camel's hair, silky. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Seated on my godmother's ample lap, she looked a mere doll; her neck, delicate as wax, her head of silky curlsincreased, I thought, the resemblance. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Its fur is short, soft and silky; the best skins being brought from Russia, Sweden and Norway and Hudson Bay territories. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- And it will be wool, after all, said Rosa, maliciously shaking down her long, silky curls. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Now for it, said she, as she stood before the glass, and shook down her silky abundance of black curly hair. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Mercerizing Cloth under tension to render it Silky. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- How silky and rich and soft her body must be. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Gerald watched them go, looking all the while at the soft, full, still body of Gudrun, in its silky cashmere. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She was very tiny, and had the prettiest little innocent face, the silkiest long ears, the finest dark eyes in the world. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Editor: Sweeney