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# silky

adjective (silky, silkier, silkiest)

«silky» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Smooth, soft and shiny, like silk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silky/#m1)
2. (voice, movement) Smooth and gentle: a silky voice, silky skills (in sport). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silky/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, silky describes hair, fur, cloth and smooth sauces. In sport commentary, "silky skills" means smooth, clever moves with the ball. In stories, a "silky voice" can be gentle or, for a villain, falsely sweet. Phrases: silky hair, silky smooth, silky skills, silky fur.

### Examples

- The kitten had silky fur. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silky/#x1)
- Her hair was long and silky. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silky/#x2)
- The chocolate sauce was silky smooth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silky/#x3)
- The footballer showed silky skills. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silky/#x4)
- The fox spoke in a silky voice to trick the hen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silky/#x5)
- Satin feels silky to touch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silky/#x6)
- Toto was not gray; he was a little black dog, with long silky hair and small black eyes that twinkled merrily on either side of his funny, wee nose. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silky/#x7)

### Note

Comparative: silkier, silkiest (y → i). From "silk", made by silkworms. Similar: smooth, glossy, sleek.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «silky» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silky/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«silky» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/silky.html) on Mova free.