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velvety

[ vel-vi-tee ]

adjective

  1. suggestive of or resembling velvet; smooth; soft:

    velvety rose petals; a velvety voice; a velvety cream sauce.

  2. (of liquor) smooth-tasting; mild; mellow:

    a velvety Scotch.



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Other Word Forms

  • v··Ա noun
  • ܲ·v· adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of velvety1

First recorded in 1745–55; velvet + -y 1
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But some of the massive, velvety echinoderms began the spawning process spontaneously — three days before the group would arrive.

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The Japanese brand — with its thick, velvety texture and hint of umami — was once something you’d hunt for like a rare treasure.

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Thanksgiving, for all its excess, is not a particularly textural meal—pillowy mashed potatoes, velvety gravy, candied yams collapsing under their own syrup.

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To finish it off, I crown the soup with cubes of marinated feta from the olive bar, their briny sharpness cutting through the velvety sweetness of the roasted tomatoes.

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My captive fingertips recorded every velvety inch of him on their downward tour, pausing only when impeded by the low waistband of his jeans.

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