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silky

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1. silky - Noun

2. silky - Adjective

4. silky - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; silken; silklike; as, a silky luster.

Hence, soft and smooth; as, silky wine.

Covered with soft hairs pressed close to the surface, as a leaf; sericeous.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The silky hush of intimate things, fragrant with my fragrance, steal softly down, so loth to rob me of my last dear concealment. P. L. Travers

The stars are caught in our hair The stars are on our fingers A veil of diamond dust Just reach up and touch it The sky's above our heads The sea's around our legs In milky, silky water We swim further and further... Kate Bush

Joan's beauty was more than the sum of its parts. She was soft and feminine, and wore silky clinging clothes and small bandannas tied close to her head. In her reserve, in her achievement of a personal style, she reminded Edie of Garbo. Joan Vollmer

Schuyler put a gentle hand on Abbadon's feathered extensions, feeling the majestic power underneath their silky weight. She had been frightened once, to see him in this light, but now that she saw his terrifying face, she found it beautiful. Melissa de la Cruz

Do you love this world? Do you cherish your humble and silky life? Do you adore the green grass, with its terror beneath? Mary Oliver

The sky's above our heads The sea's around our legs In milky, silky water We swim further and further... Kate Bush

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