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velvety

adjective as in creamy

adjective as in downy

adjective as in mossy

adjective as in silky

adjective as in unruffled

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adjective as in velvet

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Conte di Campiano Primitivo di Manduria Riserva 2017Primitivo is Italy’s zinfandel, and this rendition is lush and ripe, with a velvety texture.

Then comes the saucy part, with flour-thickened low-fat milk that’s simmered to a decadent, velvety creaminess — no cream needed.

One tester noted, “It’s a perfect width for early-morning hikes in the spring and surfing the velvety surface corn.”

Once reduced, I like to swirl in a pat or two of butter off heat to add sheen and give the sauce a velvety texture.

They gather around Santa in his red padded velvety suit and take turns sitting on his lap.

His velvety smooth baritone is among the most imitated but never quite duplicated.

Throw all the ingredients for bechamel in at once and 10 minutes later you have perfectly velvety sauce.

Slowly the fingers would start to move and scratch the enormous soft skull and velvety ears.

Finally home, with her family close and darkness falling, Kamila settled down on a velvety pillow in her living room.

Still, nothing quite satisfies the way a rich, velvety soup does.

The wee round wonders with their mystery of velvety colour are well fitted to take captive the young eye.

Liszt gave it with a velvety softness, clearness, brilliancy and pearliness of touch that was inimitable.

Drapes of velvety synthetic, dyed the deep green that Martian colonists like, covered the walls.

But still more wonderful were those great, dark, velvety eyes, deep and unfathomable.

Perhaps it was the woman with the velvety black eyes—tall and straight—the best dancer in all Paris.

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On this page you'll find 240 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to velvety, such as: creamed, fluffy, gooey, greasy, luscious, and lush.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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