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ˈsilkenly, adv. [f. silken a. + -ly2.] In a silken manner; also in nonce-use (quot. 1846).
1846Landor Exam. Shaks. Wks. 1853 II. 286 This is not the doctrine..of the silkenly and lawnly religious. 1861Temple Bar II. 178 He makes his thoughts flow silkenly to the purring of the cat. 1865Meredith Rhoda Fleming xxi, She was..as silkenly insipid every evening of her life. |