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单词 silkenly
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silkenlyadv.

Etymology: < silken adj. + -ly suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsilkenly.
In a silken manner; also in nonce-use (quot. 1846).
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the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > [adverb] > smoothly
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silkenly1846
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1846 W. S. Landor Citation & Exam. Shakespere in Wks. (1853) II. 286 This is not the doctrine..of the silkenly and lawnly religious.
1861 Temple Bar May 178 He makes his thoughts flow silkenly to the purring of the cat.
1865 G. Meredith Rhoda Fleming xxi She was..as silkenly insipid every evening of her life.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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