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silk·y

(sĭl′kē)

adj. silk·i·er, silk·i·est

1. Made of silk; silken.

2. Resembling silk; smooth or lustrous.

3. Covered with or characterized by fine soft hairs or feathers: a silky chick.

4. Pleasantly agreeable, as to the ear: a silky voice.

5. Suave or ingratiating: "the silky courtier's manipulation of an enfeebled king" (David Foster Wallace).

silk′i·ly adv.

silk′i·ness n.

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silky

(ˈsɪlkɪ)

adj, silkier or silkiest

1. resembling silk in texture; glossy

2. (Textiles) made of silk

3. (of a voice, manner, etc) suave; smooth

4. (Botany) botany covered with long fine soft hairs: silky leaves.

ˈsilkily adv

ˈsilkiness n

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silk•y

(ˈsɪl ki)

adj. silk•i•er, silk•i•est.

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

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

[1605–15]

silk′i•ly, adv.

silk′i•ness, n.

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Adj.

silky - 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"

satiny, silken, silklike, sleek, slick

bright - emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts; "the sun was bright and hot"; "a bright sunlit room"

silky

adjective smooth, soft, sleek, velvety, silken, lustrous, satiny I stroked her silky hair.

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silky

adjective

Smooth and lustrous as if polished:

satiny, silken, sleek.

Translations

حَريري

hedvábný

seidig aalglatt

μεταξωτός

soyeux

selymes

silki-; silkimjúkur

di seta serico

silke-silkeglatt

ipek gibi

丝一样光滑柔软的

silky

[ˈsɪlkɪ] ADJ (silkier (compar) (silkiest (superl)))

1. [material] → sedoso; [sound, voice] → suave
a silky sheen → un brillo sedoso
silky smooth or soft → suave como la seda

2. (fig) [skills] → fino, depurado
a silky gear change → un suave cambio de marchas

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

silky

[ˈsɪlki] adj

[hair, skin] → soyeux/euse

[voice] → caressant(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

silky

adj (+er) → seidig; voice → samtig; manner → glatt; movements → weich; silky smooth/soft → seidenweich

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

silky

[ˈsɪlkɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (hair, dress) → di seta; (skin) → vellutato/a; (voice) → suadente, carezzevole

silk

(silk) noun

1. very fine, soft threads made by silkworms.

2. thread, cloth etc made from this. The dress was made of silk; (also adjective) a silk dress.

ˈsilky adjective

soft, fine and rather shiny like silk.

ˈsilkiness noun

ˈsilkworm noun

the caterpillar of certain moths, which makes silk.

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