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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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2. Hence, soft and smooth; as, silky wine.
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3. Covered with soft hairs pressed close to the surface, as a
leaf; sericeous.
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Silky oak (Bot.), a lofty Australian tree ({Grevillea
robusta}) with silky tomentose lobed or incised leaves. It
furnishes a valuable timber.
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WordNet Silky
adj : having a smooth, gleaming surface; "glossy auburn hair";
"satiny gardenia petals"; "sleek black fur"; "silken
eyelashes"; "silky skin"; "a silklike fabric"; "slick
seals and otters" [syn: glossy, satiny, sleek, silken,
silklike, slick]
[also: silkiest, silkier]

Moby Dictionary
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