silkiness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

silkiness
    n 1: the smooth feel of silk fabric [syn: {silkiness},
         {sleekness}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Silkiness \Silk"i*ness\, n.
   1. The quality or state of being silky or silken; softness
      and smoothness.
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   2. Fig.: Effeminacy; weakness. [R.] --B. Jonson.
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