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Meanings of silken in English

Having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light.

Related terms

Made of silk.

Usage of silken in English
1
The night was still cloaked in the grey silken softness of evening.
The Inferno
2
In alcoves half-veiled with silken curtains stood statues in gold and bronze.
The Land of the Changing Sun
3
The grass rustled in silken movements as she sped toward the barn.
The Little Regiment, and Other Episodes of the American Civil Wa...
4
We could hear nothing but the breeze crackling in the silken curtains.
The Helmet of Navarre
5
The show-room was over the millinery and silken half of the shop.
The Old Wives' Tale
6
Pretty silken hose is quite the fashion; but I hire mine knitted.
Medoline Selwyn's Work
7
You can follow in two hours, the stranger remarks, in silken voice.
The Little Lady of Lagunitas: A Franco-Californian Romance
8
The silken words spread over her skin making her shiver in response.
Embrace the darkness
9
The sound of it was like the soft drawing of silken skirts.
The Lovely Lady
10
There was not a sound in the house but that silken rustle.
The Tin Soldier
11
Rocket might have said in a silken, urgent voice Get away, Cory.
Boy’s Life
12
Natasha settled on a silken slipper chair near the room's second fireplace.
The Heiresses
13
In the letter was enclosed a long, silken tress of golden hair.
Flower of the Dusk
14
Now between her and the air was nothing but the silken curtains.
Pearl-Maiden: A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem
15
This, then, was the reason for the effulgence and the silken ladies.
Contrary Mary
16
The golden cross swung unseen under the silken folds of her apron.
The Black Douglas
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common