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silky

adj
/ˈsɪlki/

Etymology

From Middle English sylky, equivalent to silk + -y.

  1. inherited from sylky

Definitions

  1. Similar in appearance or texture (especially in softness and smoothness) to silk.

    • silky hair
    • cloth with a silky lustre
    • a silky wine

  2. Smooth and pleasant

    Smooth and pleasant; seductive.

    • a silky voice
    • silky skills
    • If you have a circular polarizer or a neutral density (grey) filter, put that in front of the lens too. This will slow down the shutter speed even further to get silkier, smoothier (that's a word!) water motion.

  3. Covered in long, slender, glistening hairs pressed close to the surface

    Covered in long, slender, glistening hairs pressed close to the surface; sericeous.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Having sensibilities of mainstream culture, in contrast to crunchy.

      • Cribs and formula, strollers and baby food epitomize silky parenting.

    2. Alternative spelling of silkie.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at silky. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01silky02slender03thin04cross05maltese

A definitional loop anchored at silky. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at silky

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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