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"ref": "1951, C. S. Lewis, chapter 11, in Prince Caspian, Collins, published 1998",
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"text": "1964, Elie Wiesel, The Town Beyond the Wall (1962), translated by Stephen Becker, New York: Atheneum, 1964, p. 104,\nTangier was washed in a velvety bluish twilight."
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"ref": "1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 144",
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"ref": "2017 December 7, Anthony Tommasini, “Review: Listening at the Met, After James Levine”, in New York Times",
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"(also figuratively) Like velvet; soft, smooth, soothing."
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tʿavšakerp",
"sense": "like velvet",
"word": "թավշակերպ"
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{
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"sense": "like velvet",
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{
"code": "gl",
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"sense": "like velvet",
"word": "aveludado"
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"sense": "like velvet",
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"sense": "like velvet",
"word": "veilbhitiúil"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "like velvet",
"word": "vellutato"
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{
"code": "ko",
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"roman": "belbetgateun",
"sense": "like velvet",
"word": "벨벳같은"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "like velvet",
"word": "perehunga"
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"code": "nb",
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"sense": "like velvet",
"word": "fløyelsaktig"
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"sense": "like velvet",
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"sense": "like velvet",
"word": "aveludado"
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"roman": "makhmalī",
"sense": "like velvet",
"word": "ਮਖਮਲੀ"
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"sense": "like velvet",
"word": "catifelat"
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"sense": "like velvet",
"word": "бархати́стый"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "like velvet",
"word": "aterciopelado"
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"sense": "like velvet",
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "like velvet",
"word": "sammetslen"
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"sense": "like velvet",
"word": "melfedaidd"
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"text": "The crooner had a velvety voice that made the ladies swoon.",
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},
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},
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"ref": "1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 144",
"text": "By now it was dark, velvety dark with a moon, a darkness pinpricked by the lights from the landing place now drawing rapidly closer.",
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"ref": "2017 December 7, Anthony Tommasini, “Review: Listening at the Met, After James Levine”, in New York Times",
"text": "In the demanding aria “Casta diva,” Ms. Meade sang Bellini’s ornately embellished phrases with velvety legato; climactic high points in the flowing melody soared over the orchestra, elegantly conducted by Joseph Colaneri.",
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"(also figuratively) Like velvet; soft, smooth, soothing."
],
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tʿavšakerp",
"sense": "like velvet",
"word": "թավշակերպ"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "like velvet",
"word": "vellutat"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "like velvet",
"word": "aveludado"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "like velvet",
"word": "samtig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "like velvet",
"word": "samtweich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "like velvet",
"word": "samtartig"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "like velvet",
"word": "bársonyos"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "like velvet",
"word": "veilbhitiúil"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "like velvet",
"word": "vellutato"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "belbetgateun",
"sense": "like velvet",
"word": "벨벳같은"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "like velvet",
"word": "perehunga"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "like velvet",
"word": "fløyelsaktig"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "like velvet",
"word": "aksamitny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "like velvet",
"word": "aveludado"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "like velvet",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "veludíneo"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "like velvet",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "velutíneo"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "like velvet",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "veludoso"
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{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "makhmalī",
"sense": "like velvet",
"word": "ਮਖਮਲੀ"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "like velvet",
"word": "catifelat"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "barxatístyj",
"sense": "like velvet",
"word": "бархати́стый"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "like velvet",
"word": "aterciopelado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "like velvet",
"word": "terciopelado"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "like velvet",
"word": "sammetslen"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "like velvet",
"word": "melfedaidd"
}
],
"word": "velvety"
}
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