velvety

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
18
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈvɛlvəti/

Definition of velvety

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (also, figuratively)Like velvet; soft, smooth, soothing.
    “The mouse was a warm, velvety weight in my hand.”
    “The crooner had a velvety voice that made the ladies swoon.”
    “In August, the large masses of berries, which, when in flower, had attracted many wild bees, gradually assumed their bright velvety crimson hue, and by their weight again bent down and broke the tender limbs.”
    “"The humble dung-beetle was at least a fact. All this psychic stuff is not." "No doubt you have good grounds for your views," chirped the mischievous Millworthy, a mild youth with a velvety manner.”
    “Through the velvety wind V-winged / To the nest's nook I balance and buoy / With a sweet joy of a sweet joy, / Sweet, of a sweet, of a sweet joy / Of a sweet—a sweet—sweet—joy.”

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Etymology

From velvet + -y.

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