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Definition of Silky
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 Silky
1. a. Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; silken; silklike; as, a silky luster.
Definition of Silky
1. Adjective. Similar in appearance or texture (especially in softness and smoothness) to silk. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Silky
1. resembling silk [adj SILKIER, SILKIEST] / a glossy-coated terrier [n SILKIES]
Medical Definition of Silky
1.
1. Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; silken; silklike; as, a silky luster.
2. Hence, soft and smooth; as, silky wine.
3. Covered with soft hairs pressed close to the surface, as a leaf; sericeous.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Silky
Literary usage of Silky
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"Similar to the former, but lower and less silky, almost leafless: fls. yellow,
very small, in numerous panicled racemes ; corolla glabrous. May, June. ..."
2. The Flora of British India by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1879)
"Branches densely clothed with short spreading silky hairs; bracts sometimes
opposite, £ in. long, densely silky on the back. ..."
3. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"(as) fine (1. soft) as silk, silky, ... with silky hair; silky, -kauppa silk
trade, trade In silk, ..."
4. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"-hiukset silky (1. silken) hair; -hohto silky luster], ... with silky hair; silky.
-kauppa silk trade, trade In silk, ..."
5. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"-hiukset silky (1. silken) hair; -hohto silky luster], ... with silky hair:
silky, -kauppa silk trade, trade In silk, ..."
6. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"Branchlets distinctly glandular: Ivs. beneath on the veins often silky and bearded.
NW China. Potaninii, Batal. (B. Wilsonii, Bean). (After No. 7. ..."
7. Machine Design by William Ledyard Cathcart (1903)
"Appearance of fractures, silky. e. Fractured Plate A along outside row of rivet
... Appearance of fractures, silky, lamellar. h. Fractured both plates along ..."
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