different between silky vs silkily

English

Etymology

From Middle English sylky, equivalent to silk +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?lki/
• Rhymes: -?lki

Adjective

silky (comparative silkier, superlative silkiest)

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

   cloth with a silky lustre

   silky hair

2. Smooth and pleasant; seductive.

   a silky wine

   a silky voice

   silky skills

3. (botany) Covered in long, slender, glistening hairs pressed close to the surface; sericeous.

Derived terms

• silky oak
• silky soft

Translations

Noun

silky (plural silkies)

1. Alternative spelling of silkie

References

• silky in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “silky” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)

Anagrams

• Kisly

English

Etymology

silky +? -ly

Adverb

silkily (comparative more silkily, superlative most silkily)

1. In a silky manner.
   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Chapter 13

     Gerty's were of the bluest Irish blue, set off by lustrous lashes and dark expressive brows. Time was when those brows were not so silkily seductive