Silky, silk-like; soft; glossy, shining, lustrous.

figurative. Chiefly poetic. Smooth as marble. Also in marble-faced adj.

White or smooth as ivory.

Attributive, with the sense ‘smooth or soft like velvet, velvety’, as velvet down, velvet hand, velvet leaf, etc.

Resembling satin in texture, surface, or finish; having the appearance or feel of satin; smooth, sleek, lustrous; (of a paint, varnish, etc.)…

Resembling silk in lustre; silky.

Resembling (that of) velvet.

Having a smooth, glossy surface or texture resembling that of satin; soft, smooth, pleasing.

Resembling satin; having the appearance or feel of satin; smooth or glossy like satin.

Having the smooth and soft appearance or feel of velvet.

Resembling, or having the appearance of, marble; rigid, cold, or still like marble.

White and smooth like ivory.

Coloured and smoothed to resemble ivory.

figurative. Soft and delicate, smooth like swanskin. (Only found in the work of E. Sitwell.)