Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Suggestive of the texture of velvet; soft and smooth.
- adjective Smooth-tasting; mellow.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Resembling velvet; having a nap like that of velvet; also, soft and smooth to the eye or to the touch, somewhat like velvet: as, velvety texture among minerals.
- Having a peculiar soft or smooth taste.
- Having a contact like that of velvet; touching softly: as, a velvety touch on the piano.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Made of velvet, or like velvet; soft; smooth; delicate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Like
velvet (but not velvet);soft ,smooth ,soothing . Not necessarily restricted to the sense oftouch .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface
- adjective smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste
Etymologies
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From velvet + -y.
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