silkenly

An executioner and a nun did a pas de deux, a round of simple circling steps, and then the others gradually joined, the skeleton men and raven women, and in the end it was a graceful pavane they did, courtly and deadly and slow, with gestures so deliberate they seemed acted as well as danced, and Clyde saw his young partner move silkenly in their midst.

Underworld Don Delillo 2008

An executioner and a nun did a pas de deux, a round of simple circling steps, and then the others gradually joined, the skeleton men and raven women, and in the end it was a graceful pavane they did, courtly and deadly and slow, with gestures so deliberate they seemed acted as well as danced, and Clyde saw his young partner move silkenly in their midst.

Underworld Don Delillo 2008

An executioner and a nun did a pas de deux, a round of simple circling steps, and then the others gradually joined, the skeleton men and raven women, and in the end it was a graceful pavane they did, courtly and deadly and slow, with gestures so deliberate they seemed acted as well as danced, and Clyde saw his young partner move silkenly in their midst.

Underworld Don Delillo 2008

Her blonde hair no longer flowed silkenly to her waist; it was shorter and styled in a sophisticated French sweep.

Separate Cabins Janet Dailey 1985

Her blonde hair no longer flowed silkenly to her waist; it was shorter and styled in a sophisticated French sweep.

Separate Cabins Janet Dailey 1985

The centaurs were expert spinners and weavers, and their products varied from silkenly fine cloth to heavy ruglike mats.

Centaur Aisle Anthony, Piers 1981

The centaurs were expert spinners and weavers, and their products varied from silkenly fine cloth to heavy ruglike mats.

Centaur Aisle Anthony, Piers 1981

"There are times," Omne said silkenly, "when one may prefer one's enemies to one's allies."

The Fate of the Phoenix Culbreath, Myrna 1979

As the train slipped silkenly away, the Gomez seemed slow and clumsy, and the strain of driving intolerable.

Free Air Sinclair Lewis 1918

But when past forty, and his hair was turning to silver, and crow's-feet were showing themselves in his fine face, and when there was a halt in his step and his laughter had died away into a weary smile, he met a woman whose nature was as finely sensitive and as silkenly strong as his own.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915 1916