silken
suomi-englanti sanakirjasilken englannista suomeksi
silkkimäinen
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Substantiivi
silken englanniksi
Made of silk.
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(synonym of), like silk, silklike, particularly
(RQ:Wollstonecraft Vindication Women)
(RQ:Gaskell North and South) in spite of the buzz in the next room, Edith had rolled herself up into a soft ball of muslin and ribbon, and silken curls, and gone off into a peaceful little after-dinner nap.
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{{quote-text|en|year=1923|author=Ernest Bramah|title=The Eyes of Max Carrados
Having a smooth, soft, or flowing utterance; attractive or convincing through pleasing expression.
(RQ:Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost)
Dressed in silk.
(RQ:Shakespeare King John)?
(RQ:Donne Poems)
1724, (w), ''The Plain Dealer'', London: S. Richardson & A. Wilde, 1730, Volume 2, No. 81, 28 December, 1724, p. 197:http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004891141.0001.002
- Last ''Saturday'' was three Weeks, at Two, in the Afternoon, I sent out my Servant, to watch a Couple of these ''Silken Strollers'', and keep, if possible, within ''Ken'' of them.
(quote-book) the Viceroy moved magnificently through India, resplendent with all the colour and dash of the vast Empire at his feet, with his superb bodyguard jangling scarlet beside his carriage, silken Indian princes bowing at his carpet, generals quivering at the salute and ceremonial salutes of thirty-one guns (..)
To render silken or silklike.
''silkening body lotion''
(quote-book)|title=The Fleece|location=London|publisher=R. & J. Dodsley|section=Book I, lines 492-494, p. 30|url=https://archive.org/details/fleeceapoeminfo01dyergoog
{{quote-text|en|year=1987|author=Derek Walcott|chapter=The Light of the World|title=The Arkansas Testament|url=https://archive.org/details/arkansastestamen00walc|page=48|publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux|location=New York
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