Velvety
['velvɪtɪ] or ['vɛlvəti]
Definition
(a.) Made of velvet, or like velvet; soft; smooth; delicate.
Checker: Merle
Examples
- He sat all the time with the resignation and fretfulness of ages on his dark velvety face. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- When she got to the top, to see the old, velvety surface of the pond before her, she noticed a man on the bank, tinkering with a punt. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The latter took a dozen warriors, including myself, and we raced across the velvety carpeting of moss to the little enclosure. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- He turned his head aside as in chagrin and mortification, and she impulsively kissed his velvety bulging forehead. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Checker: Merle