I. ˈsilkē, ˈsiu̇k-, -ki adjective
( usually -er/-est )
Etymology: silk (I) + -y
1.
a. : consisting of silk
b.
(1) : like silk in appearance, feel, or sound : soft , smooth , glossy , sleek
silky printed cottons — Lois Long
velvet that feels almost as thick and silky as fur — New Yorker
commonest of these silky quartzes is tigereye — Jeweler's Circular-Keystone
faint, silky cirrus wisps — John Muir †1914
hear the silky swish of a hurled spear — Charles Lee
(2) : ingratiating
silky insinuations
a silky voice
names that have a silky sound to them — John McNulty
2. : having or covered with fine soft hairs, plumes, or scales
II. noun
or silk·ie “
( plural silkies )
Etymology: silky (I)
1. : a bird of a breed of small five-toed crested domestic fowls having soft white webless feathers and the ear lobes and the lumpy rose comb purple
2. : a mutation of the domestic fowl in which the barbs of the feathers are not linked together to form a web