A spider can produce a silky substance from tiny openings on its underside.
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Silky
//ˈsɪlki//
Synonyms for "silky" (90 found)
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Synonyms
1 entriesderived
12 entriesderived from
1 entriesform of
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
9 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
39 translations across 22 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- մետաքսե adj (similar in texture or appearance to silk)
- մետաքսյա adj (similar in texture or appearance to silk)
Asturian
1 entries- sedosu adj (similar in texture or appearance to silk)
Bulgarian
3 entries- копринен adj (similar in texture or appearance to silk)
- мек adj (similar in texture or appearance to silk)
- нежен adj (similar in texture or appearance to silk)
Catalan
1 entries- sedós adj (similar in texture or appearance to silk)
French
1 entries- soyeux adj (similar in texture or appearance to silk)
Galician
1 entries- sedoso adj (similar in texture or appearance to silk)
German
3 entries- seiden adj (similar in texture or appearance to silk)
- seidenweich adj (similar in texture or appearance to silk)
- seidig adj (similar in texture or appearance to silk)
Hungarian
1 entries- selymes adj (similar in texture or appearance to silk)
Italian
1 entries- setoso adj (similar in texture or appearance to silk)
Kalmyk
1 entries- торһн adj (similar in texture or appearance to silk)
Luxembourgish
2 entries- fluesseg adj (similar in texture or appearance to silk)
- seideg adj (similar in texture or appearance to silk)
Māori
4 entries- mania adj (similar in texture or appearance to silk)
- mania adj (smooth like silk)
- mohimohi adj (smooth like silk)
- māheniheni adj (similar in texture or appearance to silk)
Norman
1 entries- souoyeux adj (similar in texture or appearance to silk)
Persian
2 entries- ابریشمگون adj (smooth like silk)
- ابریشمی adj (similar in texture or appearance to silk)
Polish
3 entries- jedwabisty adj (similar in texture or appearance to silk)
- jedwabisty adj (smooth like silk)
- jedwabny adj (similar in texture or appearance to silk)
Portuguese
1 entries- sedoso adj (similar in texture or appearance to silk)
Russian
1 entries- шёлковый adj (similar in texture or appearance to silk)
Spanish
1 entries- sedoso adj (similar in texture or appearance to silk)
Swedish
1 entries- silkeslen adj (similar in texture or appearance to silk)
Tagalog
1 entries- malasutla adj (similar in texture or appearance to silk)
Turkish
4 entries- ipeksi adj (similar in texture or appearance to silk)
- ipeksi adj (smooth like silk)
- ipeğimsi adj (similar in texture or appearance to silk)
- ipeğimsi adj (smooth like silk)
Welsh
2 entries- sidanaidd adj (similar in texture or appearance to silk)
- sidanaidd adj (smooth like silk)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
Then it draws more silky lines across these spokes, leaving a smooth, non-sticky patch in the middle of the web.
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This cloth is really smooth and silky.
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Mary has silky smooth legs.
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