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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 of touch.

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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