silky

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silky englannista suomeksi

1. silkinpehmeä

0. Substantiivi

silky englanniksi

1. Similar in appearance or texture (especially in softness and smoothness) to silk.

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2. (quote-book)|location=London|publisher=Tract Society|The Religious Tract Society,(nb...)|year=1866|page=263|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=cFYDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA263|oclc=63069913|passage=A portion of the Baromez does present a rude resemblance in its shape to the figure of an animal, and is covered by a soft downy substance, which may be compared to a silky fleece, of a reddish-brown colour, and which gives to it more the appearance of a dog than a lamb.

3. (quote-book)|chapter=My Indian Wife|title=(w)|location=New York, N.Y.|publisher=Dial Press|year=1964|page=214|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/littlebigman0000thom/page/214/mode/1up|lccn=64-20284|passage=Then I looked close at the scalp he stroked, which was of the silkiest blonde. For a moment I was sure it come from Olga’s dear head, and reckoned also he had little Gus’s fine skull-cover someplace among his filthy effects, the stinking old savage, living out his life of murder, rapine, and squalor, and I almost knifed him before I collected myself and realized the hair was honeyer than my Swedish wife’s.

4. (quote-book)|year=1986|year_published=1993|page=238|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/muderonmainstree00cynt/page/238/mode/1up|isbn=1-56619-041-X|passage=The door opened, and there stood Miss Ellerby, looking as Miss Ellerby should, unschoolmarmish and casually chic in a silky shirt, faded jeans, and running shoes.

5. (U) and pleasant; seductive.

6. (quote-text)

7. Covered in long, slender, glistening hairs pressed close to the surface; sericeous.

8. Having sensibilities of mainstream culture, in contrast to (m).

9. (alt sp).