silkier; silkiest
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: smooth or fluid in motion
silky dance moves
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: having or covered with fine soft hairs, plumes, or scales
Examples of silky in a Sentence
The cat has a silky coat.
The material has a silky feel.
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But everything is silky and precise to the touch, and the sound astonishingly full and sweet in the small room, with the strain of an accordion coming in through the open window.
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Tim Parks, New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2026
Use up your firm-ripe peaches in this silky peach custard pie.
—Abby Fribush, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026
This silky asparagus soup recipe is a spring classic worth revisiting.
—Selma Brown Morrow, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Apr. 2026
Smooth, silky, frizz-free hair that looks so rich.
—Eva Thomas, InStyle, 9 Apr. 2026
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Tim Parks, New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2026
Use up your firm-ripe peaches in this silky peach custard pie.
—Abby Fribush, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026
This silky asparagus soup recipe is a spring classic worth revisiting.
—Selma Brown Morrow, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Apr. 2026
Smooth, silky, frizz-free hair that looks so rich.
—Eva Thomas, InStyle, 9 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for silky
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“Silky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/silky. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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