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silkiness

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silk·y  (slk)
adj. silk·i·er, silk·i·est
1. Resembling silk; lustrous. See Synonyms at sleek.
2. Made of silk; silken.
3. Covered with or characterized by fine soft hairs or feathers: a silky chick.
4. Ingratiating; seductive: spoke with silky plausibility.
silki·ly adv.
silki·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.silkiness - the smooth feel of silk fabric
sleekness
smoothness - a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch; "admiring the slim smoothness of her thighs"; "some artists prefer the smoothness of a board"
Translations
silkiness [ˈsɪlkɪnɪs] N
1. [of fabric] → sedosidad f, lo sedoso
2. [of manner, voice] → suavidad f, lo mimoso
silkiness
n (= appearance) → seidiger Glanz; (= feeling) → seidige Weichheit; (of voice) → Sanftheit f; (of manner) → Glätte f


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Instantly, from an open-mouthed, fang-bristling dog in full career of attack, he melted into a bundle of softness and silkiness, that trotted to the open hand and kissed it with a tongue that flashed out between white gleaming teeth like a rose-red jewel.
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Walter Merritt Emory saw, with seeming careless look out from under careless-drooping eyelids, the little finger slightly swollen, slightly twisted, with a smooth, almost shiny, silkiness of skin- texture.
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