velvety

velvety
velvetiness, n.
/vel"vi tee/, adj.
1. suggestive of or resembling velvet; smooth; soft: velvety rose petals; a velvety voice; a velvety cream sauce.
2. (of liquor) smooth-tasting; mild; mellow: a velvety Scotch.
[1745-55; VELVET + -Y1]

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