Thesaurus / velvety
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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.
TOAST LA DOLCE VITA AT BRUNCH BY POPPING OPEN THIS BOTTLED BELLINI COCKTAILDAVE MCINTYREAPRIL 9, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThen comes the saucy part, with flour-thickened low-fat milk that’s simmered to a decadent, velvety creaminess — no cream needed.
CREAMED SPINACH GETS PROMOTED FROM SIDE TO STAR IN THIS ONE-PAN CHICKEN SKILLETELLIE KRIEGERMARCH 11, 2021WASHINGTON POSTOne tester noted, “It’s a perfect width for early-morning hikes in the spring and surfing the velvety surface corn.”
LONG-TERM REVIEW: THE BEST SKIS, PERIODHEATHER SCHULTZ AND MARC PERUZZIMARCH 4, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEOnce reduced, I like to swirl in a pat or two of butter off heat to add sheen and give the sauce a velvety texture.
SAUCE, GRAVY OR STEW TOO THIN? WE’VE GOT 3 WAYS TO FIX THAT.AARON HUTCHERSONFEBRUARY 12, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThey gather around Santa in his red padded velvety suit and take turns sitting on his lap.
WHEN MY DAUGHTER ASKED IF SANTA WAS REAL, MY ANSWER WAS YESVANESSA MCGRADYDECEMBER 17, 2020WASHINGTON POSTThe wee round wonders with their mystery of velvety colour are well fitted to take captive the young eye.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYLiszt gave it with a velvety softness, clearness, brilliancy and pearliness of touch that was inimitable.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYDrapes of velvety synthetic, dyed the deep green that Martian colonists like, covered the walls.
FEE OF THE FRONTIERHORACE BROWN FYFEBut still more wonderful were those great, dark, velvety eyes, deep and unfathomable.
THE DOCTOR OF PIMLICOWILLIAM LE QUEUXPerhaps it was the woman with the velvety black eyes—tall and straight—the best dancer in all Paris.
THE REAL LATIN QUARTERF. BERKELEY SMITHWORDS RELATED TO VELVETY
- bland
- continuous
- creamy
- easy
- effortless
- equable
- even
- flat
- fluent
- fluid
- flush
- frictionless
- gentle
- glassy
- glossy
- hairless
- horizontal
- invariable
- lustrous
- mild
- mirrorlike
- monotonous
- peaceful
- plain
- planate
- plane
- polished
- quiet
- regular
- rhythmic
- rippleless
- serene
- shaven
- shiny
- silky
- sleek
- soft
- soothing
- stable
- steady
- still
- tranquil
- unbroken
- undeviating
- undisturbed
- uneventful
- uniform
- uninterrupted
- unruffled
- untroubled
- unvarying
- velvety
- bendable
- comfortable
- comfy
- cottony
- cozy
- creamy
- cushiony
- cushy
- delicate
- doughy
- downy
- ductile
- easeful
- easy
- elastic
- feathery
- fine
- flabby
- fleecy
- fleshy
- flexible
- flimsy
- flocculent
- flowing
- fluffy
- fluid
- formless
- furry
- gelatinous
- impressible
- limp
- malleable
- moldable
- mushy
- pappy
- pithy
- plastic
- pliable
- pulpy
- quaggy
- rounded
- satiny
- silken
- silky
- smooth
- snug
- spongy
- squashy
- supple
- thin
- velvety
- yielding
- bendable
- comfortable
- comfy
- cottony
- cozy
- creamy
- cushiony
- cushy
- delicate
- doughy
- downy
- ductile
- easeful
- easy
- elastic
- feathery
- fine
- flabby
- fleecy
- fleshy
- flexible
- flimsy
- flocculent
- flowing
- fluffy
- fluid
- formless
- furry
- gelatinous
- impressible
- limp
- malleable
- moldable
- mushy
- pappy
- pithy
- plastic
- pliable
- pulpy
- quaggy
- rounded
- satiny
- silken
- silky
- smooth
- snug
- spongy
- squashy
- supple
- thin
- velvety
- yielding
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