silklike

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silklike

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From silk + -like, q.v.

adjective more silklike · most silklike

Synonym of silky, like silk. The first artificial silk was cellulose-based rayon, known as viscose in Europe; DuPont's entirely synthetic nylon was insufficiently silklike at first to serve as a good substitute in fashion but quickly replaced Japanese silk for Allied military applications during World War II.
Similar: silky, like silk

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@misc{silklike_2026,
  title = {silklike},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/silklike},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}