单词 | silkenly |
释义 | silkenlyadv. In a silken manner; also in nonce-use (quot. 1846). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > [adverb] > smoothly smoothlyc1400 smootha1500 free and easy1730 swimmingly1745 glidingly1797 soapily1833 silkenly1846 silkily1923 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). < adv.1846 |
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