(also figuratively) Like velvet; soft, smooth, soothing.
The mouse was a warm, velvety weight in my hand.
The crooner had a velvety voice that made the ladies swoon.
1964, Elie Wiesel, The Town Beyond the Wall (1962), translated by Stephen Becker, New York: Atheneum, 1964, p. 104,
Tangier was washed in a velvety bluish twilight.