'Silky' definitions:
Definition of 'silky'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Silky'
From: GCIDE
- Silky \Silk"y\, a. [Compar. Silkier; superl. Silkiest.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; silken; silklike; as, a silky luster. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, soft and smooth; as, silky wine. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Covered with soft hairs pressed close to the surface, as a leaf; sericeous. [1913 Webster]
- Silky oak (Bot.), a lofty Australian tree ({Grevillea robusta}) with silky tomentose lobed or incised leaves. It furnishes a valuable timber. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'silky'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- attenuate,
- attenuated,
- buffed,
- burnished,
- capillary,
- cirrose,
- cirrous,
- cottony,
- dainty,
- deferential,
- delicate,
- disarming,
- downy,
- fibered,
- fibroid,
- fibrous,
- filmy,
- fine,
- fine-drawn,
- fine-grained,
- finespun,
- finished,
- flagelliform,
- flossy,
- fluffy,
- funicular,
- furbished,
- fuzzy,
- gauzy,
- glace,
- glassy,
- glazed,
- gleaming,
- glossy,
- gossamer,
- gossamery,
- hairlike,
- hairy,
- insinuating,
- insinuative,
- lacquered,
- ligamental,
- lustrous,
- plush,
- plushy,
- polished,
- pubescent,
- refined,
- ropy,
- rubbed,
- saccharine,
- satin,
- satinlike,
- satiny,
- sericeous,
- shellacked,
- shiny,
- silken,
- silklike,
- sleek,
- slick,
- smooth,
- soft,
- soft as silk,
- stringy,
- taeniate,
- taeniform,
- thin-spun,
- threadlike,
- thready,
- varnished,
- velutinous,
- velvetlike,
- velvety,
- wiredrawn,
- wiry