Meanings
adjectivevelvetty (comparative more velvetty, superlative most velvetty)
comparative more velvetty · superlative most velvetty
- alternativeAlternative form of velvety.
A shrub, with soft velvetty branches, leaves ovate oblong acuminate; […]
1839, John Graham, A Catalogue of the Plants Growing in Bombay and Its Vicinity; Spontaneous, Cultivated or Introduced, as Far as They Have Been Ascertained, Bombay: […] [T]he Government Press, page 182 more examples
[…] the moſt prevailing colours are yellow, purple, blue, and white; ſome of which being of a fine velvetty hue, particularly the purple; […]
1778, Thomas Mawe, John Abercrombie, “VIOLA”, in The Universal Gardener and Botanist; or, A General Dictionary of Gardening and Botany. […], London: […] G[eorge] Robinson, […]; and T[homas] Cadell, […]FUSTIAN CUTTER, s. one who finishes off fustian by cutting it to a sort of velvetty pile.
1886, Robert Holland, A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Chester, London: […] [F]or the English Dialect Society, by Trübner & Co., page 136
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