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adj. - Having a smooth, gleaming surface.

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  • Earlier (1884), Louis, count of Chardonnet (1839–1924), had produced an artificial thread that was woven into a silklike material.
  • In silklike green shirt and trousers, with a heavier but sleeveless vest of purple wool, the healer sat on the green velvet settee and touched the place beside her.
  • Nylan knelt beside the small bed, his fingers going out past the silklike pillowcase with the green and purple embroidered edging to the forehead of the fevered child.
  • These are such bang-up place to break for a chancea day with jeans and a sweater or in a to a greater extent pro and classy mode with a silklike dame or an A-line dress.
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