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Definition of SILKY

1

smooth or delicate in appearance or feel <the plant's fibers feel silky to the touch>

Synonyms cottony, downy, satin, satiny, silken, silklike, silky, velvetlike, velvety

Related Words creamy; chiffon, delicate, fine, slick; ultrasoft

Near Antonyms bumpy, irregular, jagged, lumpy, pebbly; broken, jagged, ragged, roughened, rugged, scraggy; grainy, granular, gritty

Antonyms coarse, harsh, rough, scratchy

2

covered with or as if with hair <the tops of the leaves are a dark glossy green, but the undersides are light and silky>

Synonyms bristly, brushy, cottony, fleecy, furred, furry, hirsute, rough, shaggy, silky, unshorn, woolly (also wooly)

Related Words bearded, bewhiskered, mustachioed (also moustachioed), whiskered; stubbled, stubbly; downy, fluffy, fuzzy, linty, nappy

Near Antonyms beardless, shaved, shaven

Antonyms bald, furless, glabrous, hairless, shorn, smooth