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velvety

/ˈvɛlvəti/

velvety adjective: like velvet; soft, smooth, soothing.

Adjective

velvety (comparative more velvety, superlative most velvety)

  1. (also, figuratively) Like velvet; soft, smooth, soothing.
    • The mouse was a warm, velvety weight in my hand.
    • The crooner had a velvety voice that made the ladies swoon.

velvety meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Punjabi

velvety in Tamil

மென்பூம்பட்டுப் போன்ற

velvety in Urdu

velvety
مخملی maxmalī

velvety in Punjabi

like velvet
ਮਖਮਲੀ makhmalī

Examples of velvety in a sentence

  • All this psychic stuff is not." "No doubt you have good grounds for your views," chirped the mischievous Millworthy, a mild youth with a velvety manner.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html)...
  • Through the velvety wind V-winged / To the nest's nook I balance and buoy / With a sweet joy of a sweet joy, / Sweet, of a sweet, of a sweet joy / Of a sweet—a sweet—sweet—joy.1918, Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Woodlark”, in Robert Bridges, editor, Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins: Now First Published […], London...
  • As he came down the huge velvety paws caught him as gently as a mother’s arms and set him (right way up, too) on the ground.1951, C. S. Lewis, chapter 11, in Prince Caspian, Collins, published 1998:
  • By now it was dark, velvety dark with a moon, a darkness pinpricked by the lights from the landing place now drawing rapidly closer.1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 144:

All 14 example sentences with velvety

Forms of velvety

comparativemore velvety
superlativemost velvety
alternative formvelvetty

Origin of velvety

From velvet + -y.

Words formed from velvety

Questions about velvety

What does velvety mean?
Velvety means like velvet; soft, smooth, soothing.
What is velvety in Tamil?
Velvety in Tamil is மென்பூம்பட்டுப் போன்ற. See Velvety meaning in Tamil.
How do you use velvety in a sentence?
All this psychic stuff is not." "No doubt you have good grounds for your views," chirped the mischievous Millworthy, a mild youth with a velvety manner.
What part of speech is velvety?
Velvety is an adjective.
How do you pronounce velvety?
Velvety is pronounced /ˈvɛlvəti/.

Words near velvety in the dictionary

  1. velvetseeds
  2. velvetty
  3. velvetweed
  4. velvetworm
  5. velvetworms
  6. velvety
  7. Velvick
  8. Velyki Mosty
  9. Velykyi Oleksyn
  10. Velykyi Zhytyn
  11. VEM

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Adapted from Wiktionary: velvety (page history and authors); velvety (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); مخملی (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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