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Definition of Silklike
1. Adjective. Having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light. "Slick seals and otters"
Similar to: Bright
Derivative terms: Satin, Silk, Silkiness, Sleekness, Slickness
Definition of Silklike
1. Adjective. Resembling silk or some aspect of it. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Silklike
1. resembling silk [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Silklike
Literary usage of Silklike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Attic Grave Reliefs That Represent Women in the Dress of Isis by Elizabeth J. Walters (1988)
"Although more than one drapery style existed at the same time, the rich, silklike
quality of the drapery seems to occur on the most prized works, ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1889)
"... each enclosed in a tiny net bag of fine, silklike thread, by which it was
joined to the rest, the ends being twisted inlo a slender cord. ..."
3. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1813)
"... holes their mouths gradually appearing first, and then their silklike arm;
extend, in this manner ..."
4. Modern Pulp and Paper Making: A Practical Treatise by George Strong Witham (1920)
"This ripening process is necessary to give the paper the desired opaqueness and
soft, silklike feel. The operation of the machine in manufacturing cigarette ..."
5. La Plata, the Argentine Confederation and Paraguay: Being a Narrative of the by Thomas Jefferson Page (1859)
"... who collect it when green, and roast it. When ripe it bursts its shell, and
exposes beautiful and delicate silklike fibres, to each of which is a seed. ..."
6. La Plata, the Argentine Confederation, and Paraguay: Being a Narrative of by Thomas Jefferson Page (1859)
"... who collect it when green, and roast it. When ripe it bursts its shell, and
exposes beautiful and delicate silklike fibres, to each of which is a seed. ..."
7. Attic Grave Reliefs That Represent Women in the Dress of Isis by Elizabeth J. Walters (1988)
"Although more than one drapery style existed at the same time, the rich, silklike
quality of the drapery seems to occur on the most prized works, ..."
8. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1889)
"... each enclosed in a tiny net bag of fine, silklike thread, by which it was
joined to the rest, the ends being twisted inlo a slender cord. ..."
9. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1813)
"... holes their mouths gradually appearing first, and then their silklike arm;
extend, in this manner ..."
10. Modern Pulp and Paper Making: A Practical Treatise by George Strong Witham (1920)
"This ripening process is necessary to give the paper the desired opaqueness and
soft, silklike feel. The operation of the machine in manufacturing cigarette ..."
11. La Plata, the Argentine Confederation and Paraguay: Being a Narrative of the by Thomas Jefferson Page (1859)
"... who collect it when green, and roast it. When ripe it bursts its shell, and
exposes beautiful and delicate silklike fibres, to each of which is a seed. ..."
12. La Plata, the Argentine Confederation, and Paraguay: Being a Narrative of by Thomas Jefferson Page (1859)
"... who collect it when green, and roast it. When ripe it bursts its shell, and
exposes beautiful and delicate silklike fibres, to each of which is a seed. ..."
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