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Webster 1913 Edition


Silky

Silk′y

,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Silkier
;
sup
erl.
Silkiest
.]
1.
Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; silken; silklike;
as, a
silky
luster
.
2.
Hence, soft and smooth;
as,
silky
wine
.
3.
Covered with soft hairs pressed close to the surface, as a leaf; sericeous.
Silky oak
(Bot.)
,
a lofty Australian tree (
Grevillea robusta
) with silky tomentose lobed or incised leaves. It furnishes a valuable timber.

Webster 1828 Edition


Silky

SILK'Y

,
Adj.
1.
Made of silk; consisting of silk.
2.
Like silk; soft and smooth to the touch.
3.
Pliant; yielding;

Definition 2024


silky

silky

English

Adjective

silky (comparative silkier, superlative silkiest)

  1. Similar in appearance or texture (especially in softness and smoothness) to silk.
    cloth with a silky lustre
    silky hair
  2. Smooth and pleasant; seductive.
    a silky wine
    silky skills
  3. (botany) Covered in long, slender, glistening hairs pressed close to the surface; sericeous.


Derived terms

Translations

Noun

silky (plural silkies)

  1. Alternative spelling of silkie

References

  • silky in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • silky” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
  • silky” in Microsoft's Encarta World English Dictionary, North American Edition (2007)
  • Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)