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silkenly

adv

Etymology

From silken + -ly.

  1. derived from σηρικός — “silken”
  2. derived from sēricum
  3. inherited from seolcen
  4. inherited from silken
  5. suffixed as silkenly — “silken + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a silken manner.

    • This is not the doctrine, my friends, of the silkenly and lawnly religious; it wears the coarse texture of the fisherman, and walks uprightly and straightforward under it.
    • He appeared, hovering calf-eyed over a fragile and lovely creature whose skirts rustled silkenly as she moved.
    • […] there was a rush of warm wind and I felt it on my face, felt it moving silkenly across my face […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA