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silken

[ sil-kuhn ]

adjective

  1. made of silk.
  2. like silk in smoothness, softness, glossiness, or delicateness.
  3. clad in silk.
  4. smoothly persuasive or ingratiating; mellifluous:

    the senator's silken oratory.

  5. elegant; luxurious.


silken

/ ˈɪə /

adjective

  1. made of silk
  2. resembling silk in smoothness or gloss
  3. dressed in silk
  4. soft and delicate
  5. rare.
    luxurious or elegant
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of silken1

before 900; Middle English; Old English seolcen. See silk, -en 2
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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.

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Lane’s silken vocals are decorated by strings and hand percussion on “What’s on My Mind,” a reckoning of the ways that possessing both good and bad feelings make you whole.

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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.

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Latukolan’s infectious choreography, with its silken “Soul Train” funk, makes full use of their considerable skill.

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The Blumarine girl was wandering home after a night out, at times disheveled in an animal print coat, silken shorts and floral pumps with a tattered bow that looked well walked-in.

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