What is "silklike"

Usage examples of "silklike".

Thousands of fine bumps covered their skin, which looked wet and bluish where it showed beneath the silklike green cloth they wore wrapped around themselves.

And just as he was about to hoist himself on to the covered wharf, he heard the sound, the soft silklike sound of a gondola speeding smoothly down the little canal.

Dee said, taking the milk with one hand and rubbing his hand down the silklike material with the other.

The change involved taming her wild hair into a nice neat bun, corralling her breasts within the confines of a bra, putting on panties and nylons and a nice, civilized-looking outfit that included an ivory-colored silklike sleeveless blouse, a matching skirt, and a pair of pumps with two-inch heels.

Next he used lightweight pumice stones to refine the surface and expose fresh, sparkling crystals, running his fingers over the surface to feel the new silklike texture.

The tent was richly fashioned, with silklike hangings and thick rugs and pillows.

Delicate wings of a thin, silklike material arced aft over the hull, and a long, thin spine extended forward from the bow.

Proud riders bestrode them, lords and ladies of the forests in fine, flowing outfits of silklike finery, their silver and corn-colored hair streaming behind them in long braids.

His sash was some silklike material that looked natural but probably was synthetic.

Sitting upon his high throne he was hidden from direct view by a silklike screen emblazoned with the three crossed red swords of the Imperial line.

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.

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.

The humanoid's stick-legs were folded under him on the silklike flame of cushion, but his arms flailed about when he talked, as if augmenting his conversation with subtle semaphoric embellishments.