velvety
/ˈvɛlvəti/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The mouse was a warm, velvety weight in my hand."
- "The crooner had a velvety voice that made the ladies swoon."
- "In August, the large masses of berries, which, when in flower, had attracted many wild bees, gradually assumed their bright velvety crimson hue, and by their weight again bent down and broke the tender limbs."
- ""The humble dung-beetle was at least a fact. 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."
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
From velvet + -y.