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Silklike

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Synonym of silky, like silk.

    "The first artificial silk was cellulose-based rayon, known as viscose in Europe; DuPont's entirely synthetic nylon was insufficiently silklike at first to serve as a good substitute in fashion but quickly replaced Japanese silk for Allied military applications during World War II."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; being of a smooth, soft and lustrous quality, resembling silk wordnet

Etymology

From silk + -like, q.v.

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