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Definition of Silkiness
1. Noun. The smooth feel of silk fabric.
Definition of Silkiness
1. n. The quality or state of being silky or silken; softness and smoothness.
Definition of Silkiness
1. Noun. The property of being silky. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Silkiness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Silkiness
Literary usage of Silkiness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Authentic and Faithful History of the Atrocious Murder of Celia Holloway by John William Holloway (1832)
"There was in him all the outward smoothness and silkiness of the serpent, but
within were all the guile and venom of the reptile. Holloway knew that he had ..."
2. Inheritance in Poultry by Charles Benedict Davenport (1906)
"silkiness is a new characteristic and, approximating as it does the ... silkiness is
recessive to non- silkiness—the retrograde to the progressive type. ..."
3. Report by American Genetic Association (1907)
"Such a condition is known as silkiness. When plainness of feather is crossed with
... When plainness is crossed with silkiness, plainness is dominant. ..."
4. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1904)
"12, becomes at first slightly silky; then silkiness increases until full silkiness
is reached with Fig. 18. The dark brick-red color of Fig. ..."
5. Animal Life and Intelligence by Conwy Lloyd Morgan (1891)
"In fowls, silkiness of feathers seems to be at once bred out by intercrossing
between silk-fowl and any other breed. But in the silky variety of the ..."
6. Animal Life and Intelligence by Conwy Lloyd Morgan (1891)
"In fowls, silkiness of feathers seems to be at once bred out by intercrossing
between silk-fowl and any other breed. But in the silky variety of the ..."
7. British Fungus-flora: A Classified Text-book of Mycology by George. Massee (1893)
"Fr. Pileus about 3 in across, fleshy, convex, plane, discoid, covered with a
thick viscid gluten, the silkiness of the veil ..."
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