silky

Other forms of silky

comparative or superlative

silkier

comparative or superlative

silkiest

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about silky

What does silky mean?

silky means "having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light".

How many syllables are in silky?

silky has 2 syllables: sil-ky. The stress falls on "sil". In IPA it is /ˈsɪlki/.

What is another word for silky?

Close synonyms include satiny, sleek, silken, silklike, slick. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is silky a common word?

silky is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.