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silkily

/sˈɪlkili/ adv

In a silky manner.

Word Origin Silk traces back to Greek sērikon, named after the Seres people of East Asia who produced it. The word traveled through Latin sericum and Old English seoloc. Silkily describes something smooth and lustrous like silk. The suffix -y turns nouns into adjectives (silky), and -ly makes adverbs.

adv In a silky manner.

She silkily persuaded him to change his mind.

(副词) 柔滑地；光滑地；丝滑地

她柔声细语地说服他改变了主意。

(adverbio) De manera sedosa.

Ella lo persuadió de manera sedosa para que cambiara de opinión.

(adverbe) soyeusement; suavement; onctueusement; avec douceur [D'une manière douce, suave et onctueuse, souvent avec une nuance de séduction.]

Elle l'a persuadé **silkily** de changer d'avis.

(Adverb) seidig; geschmeidig [**silkily** *Adverb* – auf eine glatte, geschmeidige oder sanft überredende Weise, oft mit einem Hauch von Eleganz oder List.]

Sie überredete ihn **silkily**, seine Meinung zu ändern.

(副詞) 絹のように滑らかに、またはなめらかな物腰・話し方で。

彼女は滑らかな物腰で彼を説得し、考えを変えさせた。

(advérbio) suavemente; sedosamente; delicadamente; maciamente [De maneira sedosa; suavemente; com suavidade.]

Ela o persuadiu suavemente a mudar de ideia.

Synonyms: smoothly softly sleekly satiny velvety glossily Antonyms: roughly harshly coarsely scratchily
Word parts: silk + y + ly

Common collocations

say verb ask verb be verb murmur verb

Related words

silk silky silkiness silken

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