satiny

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  1. adjective Lustrous and smooth like satin. See Synonyms at sleek.

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  • Her skin was still the smoothest, satiny-looking skin he'd ever seen on anything other than a peach and her face was still a delicate heart shape with a jaw that was just a bit too firm for her to be the quiet wallflower that everyone assumed she was. —  Walk on the Wilde Side by Anne M
  • So with the temperature in the low eighties, velvet and anything satiny was out. —  One-ClickBuy:SeptemberHarlequinBlaze
  • So lovely—and to have so much wisdom stored up in the brain beneath the sheen of that satiny-black cap that was her hair. —  Startling Stories January, 1939
  • He ;d have a hard, fit body, satiny, tanned skin, soft except for cheeks roughened by the hint of a beard. —  In His Own Defense
  • Cool and satiny, the fabric should have felt like a caress. —  Gettin' It On
 

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/ˈsætɪni/
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