velvety adj

1 smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste [syn: velvet]

2 resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface [syn: velvet]

English

Etymology

From velvet + -y.

Adjective

1. Like velvet (but not velvet); soft, smooth, soothing. Not necessarily restricted to the sense of touch.

   The mouse was a warm, velvety weight in my hand.

   The crooner had a velvety voice that made the ladies swoon.''

attenuate, attenuated, buffed, burnished, cottony, dainty, delicate, downy, feathery, filmy, fine, fine-drawn, fine-grained, finespun, finished, flossy, fluffy, furbished, furry, fuzzy, gauzy, glace, glassy, glazed, gleaming, glossy, gossamer, gossamery, hirsute, lacquered, nappy, peachy, pinnate, plush, plushy, polished, pubescent, refined, rubbed, satin, satinlike, satiny, sericeous, shellacked, shiny, silken, silklike, silky, sleek, slick, smooth, soft, soft as silk, thin-spun, varnished, velutinous, velvetlike, wiredrawn