velvety
suggestive of or resembling velvet; smooth; soft: velvety rose petals; a velvety voice; a velvety cream sauce.
(of liquor) smooth-tasting; mild; mellow: a velvety Scotch.
Origin of velvety
1Other words from velvety
- vel·vet·i·ness, noun
- un·vel·vet·y, adjective
Words Nearby velvety
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How to use velvety in a sentence
Conte di Campiano Primitivo di Manduria Riserva 2017Primitivo is Italy’s zinfandel, and this rendition is lush and ripe, with a velvety texture.
Toast la dolce vita at brunch by popping open this bottled Bellini cocktail | Dave McIntyre | April 9, 2021 | Washington PostThen comes the saucy part, with flour-thickened low-fat milk that’s simmered to a decadent, velvety creaminess — no cream needed.
Creamed spinach gets promoted from side to star in this one-pan chicken skillet | Ellie Krieger | March 11, 2021 | Washington PostOne tester noted, “It’s a perfect width for early-morning hikes in the spring and surfing the velvety surface corn.”
Long-Term Review: The Best Skis, Period | Heather Schultz and Marc Peruzzi | March 4, 2021 | Outside OnlineOnce reduced, I like to swirl in a pat or two of butter off heat to add sheen and give the sauce a velvety texture.
Sauce, gravy or stew too thin? We’ve got 3 ways to fix that. | Aaron Hutcherson | February 12, 2021 | Washington PostThey gather around Santa in his red padded velvety suit and take turns sitting on his lap.
When my daughter asked if Santa was real, my answer was yes | Vanessa McGrady | December 17, 2020 | Washington Post
His velvety smooth baritone is among the most imitated but never quite duplicated.
Viral Video of the Day: Morgan Freeman Sucks Helium | Alex Chancey | July 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThrow all the ingredients for bechamel in at once and 10 minutes later you have perfectly velvety sauce.
Slowly the fingers would start to move and scratch the enormous soft skull and velvety ears.
Finally home, with her family close and darkness falling, Kamila settled down on a velvety pillow in her living room.
Still, nothing quite satisfies the way a rich, velvety soup does.
The wee round wonders with their mystery of velvety colour are well fitted to take captive the young eye.
Children's Ways | James SullyLiszt gave it with a velvety softness, clearness, brilliancy and pearliness of touch that was inimitable.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayDrapes of velvety synthetic, dyed the deep green that Martian colonists like, covered the walls.
Fee of the Frontier | Horace Brown FyfeBut still more wonderful were those great, dark, velvety eyes, deep and unfathomable.
The Doctor of Pimlico | William Le QueuxPerhaps it was the woman with the velvety black eyes—tall and straight—the best dancer in all Paris.
The Real Latin Quarter | F. Berkeley Smith
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