velvety
part of speech
adjective (velvety)
meaning for a pupil
1) Velvety means soft and smooth like velvet cloth: «velvety petals». tree →
2) A velvety voice or taste is smooth, deep and rich. tree →
sense in the lessons
In stories and descriptive writing, «velvety» is a sensory word for touch (moss, a puppy's ears, rose petals), sight (a velvety night sky) or taste (velvety hot chocolate). In science, some leaves, antlers and caterpillars have velvety hairs. Phrases: «velvety soft», «velvety petals», «velvety voice».
examples
- The rose petals felt velvety under my fingers. tree →
- The deer's new antlers were covered in velvety skin. tree →
- The night sky was velvety black. tree →
- The hot chocolate was rich and velvety. tree →
- Moss grows like a velvety carpet on the rocks. tree →
- The singer had a deep, velvety voice. tree →
- Our puppy's ears are velvety soft. tree →
- He had thick, velvety fur, a meek face, and a look that was very modest, though his eyes were bright and shining. tree →
note
Adjective from «velvet» + «-y». Say «VEL-vi-tee». Good word for descriptive writing instead of plain «soft».
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «velvety» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.