See silky on Wiktionary
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"text": "A portion of the Baromez does present a rude resemblance in its shape to the figure of an animal, and is covered by a soft downy substance, which may be compared to a silky fleece, of a reddish-brown colour, and which gives to it more the appearance of a dog than a lamb.",
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"ref": "2017, Gary L. Friedman, The Friedman Archives Guide to the Sony RX-10 IV:",
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"text": "A portion of the Baromez does present a rude resemblance in its shape to the figure of an animal, and is covered by a soft downy substance, which may be compared to a silky fleece, of a reddish-brown colour, and which gives to it more the appearance of a dog than a lamb.",
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"ref": "1964, Thomas Berger, “My Indian Wife”, in Little Big Man, New York, N.Y.: Dial Press, →LCCN, page 214:",
"text": "Then I looked close at the scalp he stroked, which was of the silkiest blonde. For a moment I was sure it come from Olga’s dear head, and reckoned also he had little Gus’s fine skull-cover someplace among his filthy effects, the stinking old savage, living out his life of murder, rapine, and squalor, and I almost knifed him before I collected myself and realized the hair was honeyer than my Swedish wife’s.",
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"ref": "1986, E. N. Welch, “Just an Unofficial Investigation”, in Cynthia Manson, editor, Murder on Main Street: Small-Town Crime from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine & Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, New York, N.Y.: Barnes & Noble Books, published 1993, →ISBN, page 238:",
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"text": "silky skills",
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"ref": "2017, Gary L. Friedman, The Friedman Archives Guide to the Sony RX-10 IV:",
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"lang": "Armenian",
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"sense": "similar in texture or appearance to silk",
"word": "մետաքսյա"
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"sense": "similar in texture or appearance to silk",
"word": "sedosu"
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"sense": "similar in texture or appearance to silk",
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"sense": "similar in texture or appearance to silk",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "similar in texture or appearance to silk",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "similar in texture or appearance to silk",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "similar in texture or appearance to silk",
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"sense": "similar in texture or appearance to silk",
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "similar in texture or appearance to silk",
"word": "setoso"
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"code": "xal",
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"sense": "similar in texture or appearance to silk",
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "similar in texture or appearance to silk",
"word": "māheniheni"
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"note": "of hair",
"sense": "similar in texture or appearance to silk",
"word": "mania"
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"code": "nrf",
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"sense": "similar in texture or appearance to silk",
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
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"sense": "similar in texture or appearance to silk",
"word": "ابریشمی"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "similar in texture or appearance to silk",
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "similar in texture or appearance to silk",
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "similar in texture or appearance to silk",
"word": "sedoso"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šólkovyj",
"sense": "similar in texture or appearance to silk",
"word": "шёлковый"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "similar in texture or appearance to silk",
"word": "sedoso"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "similar in texture or appearance to silk",
"word": "silkeslen"
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "similar in texture or appearance to silk",
"word": "malasutla"
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"sense": "smooth like silk",
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