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silken
[sil-kuhn]
adjective
made of silk.
like silk in smoothness, softness, glossiness, or delicateness.
clad in silk.
smoothly persuasive or ingratiating; mellifluous.
the senator's silken oratory.
elegant; luxurious.
silken
/ ˈɪə /
adjective
made of silk
resembling silk in smoothness or gloss
dressed in silk
soft and delicate
rareluxurious or elegant
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
Soon after, I then discovered silken tofu, and I’d like to now consider myself a tofu fan.
The part that got her in trouble was when she called out the silken dishonesty of Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Trump's press secretary at the time.
Lane’s silken vocals are decorated by strings and hand percussion on “’s on My Mind,” a reckoning of the ways that possessing both good and bad feelings make you whole.
She also makes her own protein-rich foods — for example, strawberry shortcake muffins with added protein powder, or mini quiches made from a blend of silken tofu and a mung bean-based egg substitute called Just Egg.
Latukolan’s infectious choreography, with its silken “Soul Train” funk, makes full use of their considerable skill.
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