velvetinessn.
The quality of resembling velvet in smoothness, etc. Also figurative.
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silkiness1752
velvetiness1882
the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [noun] > resembling that of specific cloth
silkiness1752
satinity1821
satin finish1848
velvetiness1882
1882 Good Literature 6 May 142 In America, where..black women have that happy Ethiopian velvetiness of cuticle.
1889 M. E. Carter Mrs. Severn I. i. Prol. 10 The dense velvetiness of the furze.
1906 J. Galsworthy Man of Prop. ii. iv. 167 The peculiar exasperation, velvetiness, and mockery, of which Bosinney's manner had been composed.
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