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 Definitions of silky  [ˈsɪl ki]  

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Definition of 'silky' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) silky
of or like silk; smooth, lustrous, soft, or delicate:
silky skin.

2.  silky
covered with fine, soft hairs, as a leaf.

Etymology:  (1605–15)

Definition of 'silky' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) satiny, sleek, silken, silky, silklike, slick
having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light
"glossy auburn hair"; "satiny gardenia petals"; "sleek black fur"; "silken eyelashes"; "silky skin"; "a silklike fabric"; "slick seals and otters"


Definition of 'silky' Webster Dictionary 

1.  silky
of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; silken; silklike; as, a silky luster

2.  silky
hence, soft and smooth; as, silky wine

3.  silky
covered with soft hairs pressed close to the surface, as a leaf; sericeous


Translation of 'silky' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: soft, fine and rather shiny like silk.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: syagtig Arabic flag Arabic: حَريري Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: копринен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: sedoso Czech flag Czech: hedvábný German flag German: seidig
Danish flag Danish: silkeagtig Greek flag Greek: μεταξένιος, απαλός Spanish flag Spanish: sedoso, suave
Estonian flag Estonian: siidpehme Farsi flag Farsi: ابريشمي Finnish flag Finnish: silkkinen
French flag French: soyeux Hebrew flag Hebrew: מִשיִי Hindi flag Hindi: रेशमी
Croatian flag Croatian: poput svile, svilenast Hungarian flag Hungarian: selymes Indonesian flag Indonesian: seperti sutera
Icelandic flag Icelandic: silki-; silkimjúkur Italian flag Italian: setoso Japanese flag Japanese: 絹のような
Korean flag Korean: 부드럽고 매끈한 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: (švelnus) kaip šilkas Latvian flag Latvian: zīdains
Malay flag Malay: seperti sutera Dutch flag Dutch: zijdeachtig Norwegian flag Norwegian: silke-, silkeglatt
Polish flag Polish: jedwabisty Persian flag Persian: ابريشمي Pashto flag Pashto: وريښمين، نرم، ښوى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: sedoso Romanian flag Romanian: mătăsos Russian flag Russian: шелковистый
Slovak flag Slovak: hodvábny Slovenian flag Slovenian: svilen Serbian flag Serbian: svilen
Swedish flag Swedish: silkeslen, silkesaktig, s Thai flag Thai: นุ่มเหมือนเส้นไหม Turkish flag Turkish: ipek gibi
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 絲般光滑細致柔軟的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: шовковистий Urdu flag Urdu: نرم، ریشمی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: mềm, mịn, như tơ Chinese flag Chinese: 丝一样光滑柔软的

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