silky
/ˈsɪlki
/adjective (silkier, silkiest)
1Of or resembling silk, especially in being soft, fine, and lustrous: the fur felt silky and soft...
- The soft silky fabric was cool on her warm skin.
- Cut the mushrooms in quarters and stir them in with the onions, letting it all cook until it's silky soft, yet barely coloured.
- And after all that scrubbing the surface is silky soft.
Synonyms
smooth, soft, sleek, lustrous, fine, glossy, satiny, silken, velvety
1.1(Of a person or their speech or manner) suave and smooth, especially in a way intended to be persuasive: a silky, seductive voice...
- One thing that cannot be ignored when listening to Pilate is Todd's silky voice.
- His silky smooth voice and his innovative lyrics will be around for quite some time.
- He could see her lips moving faintly, the sound of her silky voice barely a whisper.
Derivatives
silkily
/ adverb ...- We had fantastic little crisp and silkily ungreasy gyoza dumplings.
- The braised baby onions were silkily soft and deliciously sweet.
- Neiman's voice is impressive, gliding silkily over the instrumentals.
silkiness
/ noun ...- The pasta dough, though patently handmade, lacked the requisite silkiness required.
- Keeping intact the incomparable qualities of silkiness, and the ability to keep the body cool, it offers fascinating range of linen shirts.
- Rustico's pasta has the fresh egginess of the home-made article and it's rolled to just the right degree of firm but elastic silkiness.