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Definition of silkiness : 1. Fig.: Effeminacy; weakness.
2. The quality or state of being silky or silken; softness and smoothness.

Synonyms:

polish, glossiness, sleekness, slickness, smoothness, glassiness

Usage examples:

• His peculiarities included a faculty for breaking his bones, at frequent and inconvenient occasions, an insatiable curiosity about matters with which he had no concern, and a most engaging and delusive silkiness of manner. - "A College Girl", Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey.
• He was a dapper little man, with a fiery, clean- shaven face, and a fringe of grizzled hair above his ears that gave the lie to the auburn silkiness with which his head was crowned. - "Malcolm Sage, Detective", Herbert George Jenkins.
• " Now"- Evarin's voice, hard with the silkiness of a cat's snarl, clawed the silence-" we'll talk business." - "The Door Through Space", Marion Zimmer Bradley.