velvety

[ vel-vi-tee ]
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adjective
  1. suggestive of or resembling velvet; smooth; soft: velvety rose petals; a velvety voice; a velvety cream sauce.

  2. (of liquor) smooth-tasting; mild; mellow: a velvety Scotch.

Origin of velvety

1
First recorded in 1745–55; velvet + -y1

Other words from velvety

  • vel·vet·i·ness, noun
  • un·vel·vet·y, adjective

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