Dictionary entry

Silky

Pronunciation: /ˈsɪlki/

Pronunciation

/ˈsɪlki/

Myanmar Meaning

ပိုးသားကဲ့သို့ နူးညံ့ချောမွေ့သော။ သိမ်မွေ့နူးညံ့သည့် အမူအရာရှိသော။

Definition

silky /'sÇlki/ adj ( -ier , -iest ) ( usu approv ) ပိုးကဲ့သို႔ ႏူးညံ့ေသာ၊ အိစက္ေသာ၊ ေခ်ာမြတ္ ညက္ေညာေသာ စသည္။ silky hair/skin ❍ a silky lining ❍ ( fig ) a silky manner. သိမ္ေမြ႕ ညက္ေညာသည့္ အမူအရာ။ silkiness n [U]

Examples

  1. ‘Of the materials
  2. satin and cotton are the most important
  3. but silk and a silky touch are not forgotten.’
  4. ‘The soft silky fabric was cool on her warm skin.’
  5. ‘She even has a look of Mata Hari
  6. with her hair tamed into a silky curtain that complements her black designer suit and kitten heels.’
  7. ‘Not exactly
  8. but I've always had a soft spot for that silky sheen that comes with fresh plaster.’
  9. ‘And after all that scrubbing the surface is silky soft.’
  10. ‘She wore a light dress made of silky blue fabric
  11. the color of an extremely pale robin's egg.’
  12. ‘The banana leaf is ready for it's next step when the top is shiny green/brown and has a silky texture.’
  13. ‘He came out on stage
  14. wearing a silky
  15. champagne-coloured pirate blouse.’
  16. ‘Cut the mushrooms in quarters and stir them in with the onions
  17. letting it all cook until it's silky soft
  18. yet barely coloured.’
  19. ‘The skin is fried to a crisp
  20. while the spices permeate the soft
  21. silky flesh of the fish.’
  22. ‘Luckily due to the silky texture and reasonable staying power
  23. there was no danger of such a nightmarish scenario.’
  24. ‘Flowery decorations in the silky fabrics reflect femininity in a perfect way.’
  25. ‘It had white walls and wooden floor tiles with racks of silky dresses and sheer see-through tops and scarves.’
  26. ‘Nowadays short and sweet are what women want
  27. and girls dream to have silky
  28. short and bouncy hair.’
  29. ‘The aubergines should be very soft and silky but not actually falling apart.’
  30. ‘Nevertheless
  31. it looks
  32. feels and sounds silky
  33. and is simplicity itself.’
  34. ‘She takes me upstairs and opens a chest
  35. out of which she takes scraps of shiny
  36. silky fabric.’
  37. ‘I like the highlights they give me and they make my hair feel very soft and silky.’
  38. ‘The crumbly polenta nicely counters the silky red peppers
  39. and the fresh butter adds a sweet kick.’
  40. ‘The gel-creme formula goes on smoothly and soaks in instantly
  41. leaving you feeling silky soft.’