SILKY (silkier, silkiest)

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Irregular inflected forms: silkier    , silkiest   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does silky mean? 

• SILKY (adjective)
  The adjective SILKY has 1 sense:

1. having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light

  Familiarity information: SILKY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SILKY (adjective)

Comparative: silkier   
Superlative: silkiest   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light

Synonyms:

satiny; silken; silklike; silky; sleek; slick

Context example:

slick seals and otters

Similar:

bright (emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts)

Derivation:

silk (a fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae)

silkiness (the smooth feel of silk fabric)

 Context examples 

The silky coat is generally a solid color, either liver or black.

(Field Spaniel, NCI Thesaurus)

Oh yes, bless us! who so smooth and silky as Mr. Murdstone at first!

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The Bichon Frise has a loosely curled double coat consisting of a textured outer coat lined with a soft, fine, silky undercoat that is virtually hypo-allergenic.

(Bichon Frise, NCI Thesaurus)

Toto was not gray; he was a little black dog, with long silky hair and small black eyes that twinkled merrily on either side of his funny, wee nose.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

His whole body was gathered compactly together in the tremendous effort, the muscles writhing and knotting like live things under the silky fur.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

It has a feathered, silky coat that comes in shades of chestnut to mahogany, sometimes with splashes of white on the chest and feet.

(Irish Setter, NCI Thesaurus)

The longish silky coat may be wavy or with large curls, with a heavy mane at the neck.

(Borzoi, NCI Thesaurus)

The ears are long with abundant feathering, and it has a silky coat, sometimes with a slight waviness that comes in ruby, black and tan, tri-color and blenheim (chestnut on a pearly-white background).

(Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, NCI Thesaurus)

A naturally occurring, fibrous and silky, serpentine asbestos mineral with a color ranging from gray-white to yellow-green and is the most abundant and widely-used form of asbestos.

(Chrysotile Asbestos, NCI Thesaurus)

No wonder that the ginger-headed man with the silky voice and the free and easy manners was now looked upon with deep interest upon the banks of the great South American river, though the feelings he inspired were naturally mixed, since the gratitude of the natives was equaled by the resentment of those who desired to exploit them.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)