silken

/ˈsɪlkən/

If something is silken, it looks or feels as soft and shiny as silk. You can also describe things that feel like silk as silken, like your long silken hair that you coat with conditioner.

The silken dress worn by a bride, or a silken scarf you wind around your neck may actually be made from the soft, slightly glossy material called silk. Your friend's long, silken hair, or a horse's silken mane, on the other hand, only resemble silk. Silken comes from the Latin word for "silk," sericum.

Definitions of silken

1. adjective

   having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light
   “silken eyelashes”

   synonyms: satiny, silklike, silky, sleek, slick

   bright

   emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts