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Webster 1913 Edition


Silkiness

Silk′i-ness

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Noun.
1.
The quality or state of being silky or silken; softness and smoothness.
2.
Fig.: Effeminacy; weakness.
[R.]
B. Jonson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Silkiness

SILK'INESS

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Noun.
1.
The qualities of silk; softness and smoothness to the feel.
2.
Softness; effeminacy; pusillanimity.

Definition 2024


silkiness

silkiness

English

Noun

silkiness (usually uncountable, plural silkinesses)

  1. The property of being silky.