silky
Plural: silkies
Adjective Satellite
- having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light
- "silky skin"
Adj
- Similar in appearance or texture (especially in softness and smoothness) to silk.
- Smooth and pleasant; seductive.
- Covered in long, slender, glistening hairs pressed close to the surface; sericeous.
- Having sensibilities of mainstream culture, in contrast to crunchy.
Noun
- Alternative spelling of silkie.
Adjective
- Having a smooth, soft, and lustrous texture like silk.
Examples
- a silky voice
- a silky wine
- cloth with a silky lustre
- Cribs and formula, strollers and baby food epitomize silky parenting.
- His playing style was so SILKY, every word flowed effortlessly onto the Words With Friends board.
- silky hair
- silky skills
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English sylky, equivalent to silk + -y.
Scrabble Score: 12
silky: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsilky: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
silky: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
silky: valid Words With Friends Word