silken
[sil-kuh n]
- made of silk.
- like silk in smoothness, softness, glossiness, or delicateness.
- clad in silk.
- smoothly persuasive or ingratiating; mellifluous: the senator's silken oratory.
- elegant; luxurious.
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Origin of silken
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Examples from the Web for silken
Contemporary Examples
One is the “silken cord” solution favored by Ottoman sultans.
Historical Examples
Then she loosed a pen-knife with a blade as thin as paper from her silken girdle.
The Chinese Fairy BookVarious
An arm, clothed in some silken material, encircled his throat.
The Film of FearArnold Fredericks
An' yet thar's once at least when Red Dog shows it's got its silken side.
Faro Nell and Her FriendsAlfred Henry Lewis
The room, the furnishings, his silken robe, everything was strange.
A breed of silken creatures lurk and thrive In your contempt.
Browning's EnglandHelen Archibald Clarke
silken
- made of silk
- resembling silk in smoothness or gloss
- dressed in silk
- soft and delicate
- rare luxurious or elegant
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