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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Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 5 Dec. 2025
Brunettes will lean into the darkest version with soft, silky black.
—Loren Savini, Allure, 4 Dec. 2025
At 98 inches, this TCL QLED TV fills your entire field of vision with 4K clarity, quantum dot colors that pop, and a 120Hz refresh rate (up to 144Hz VRR) for silky smooth gaming.
—PC Magazine, 3 Dec. 2025
Made from a more affordable material than cotton, the fabric feels silky and cool to the touch.
—Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 2 Dec. 2025
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Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 5 Dec. 2025
Brunettes will lean into the darkest version with soft, silky black.
—Loren Savini, Allure, 4 Dec. 2025
At 98 inches, this TCL QLED TV fills your entire field of vision with 4K clarity, quantum dot colors that pop, and a 120Hz refresh rate (up to 144Hz VRR) for silky smooth gaming.
—PC Magazine, 3 Dec. 2025
Made from a more affordable material than cotton, the fabric feels silky and cool to the touch.
—Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 2 Dec. 2025
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“Silky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/silky. Accessed 7 Dec. 2025.
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