> それでいて手のひらにしっとり密着する肌は、 **絹のようにきめ細やかで仄かに汗に濡れているのにこの上なく滑やかだ** 。

I'm having trouble with this sentence, describing the skin and it's
smoothness. If anyone can please help me correct my understanding if it's
wrong.

My guess at this is " However her skin that clings to the palm of my hand is
as smooth as silk, and even though it is slightly wet with sweat, it is
extremely smooth."

(especially at these parts 絹のようにきめ細やかで and この上なく滑やかだ )
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Need help about the meaning of this sentence, describing the skin and its smoothness
I think your interpretation is basically correct.

The structure is '...肌は、...きめ細やかで...滑らかだ。'. So it repeats descriptions of
smoothness of the skin.

  * 絹のようにきめ細やかで _smooth like silk and_
  * 仄かに汗で濡れているのにこの上なく滑やかだ _slightly wet with sweat yet extremely smooth_

この上なく literally _in the way that it is impossible to be more so_ ( _so_ refers
to smoothness here). It is like a superlative without particular comparison
(as [this](https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/a-very-a-most-the-most-
interesting-idea-absolute-superlative.2796976/)).

Now the difference between きめ細やか and 滑やか is harder to explain. きめ細やか means
that the 'mesh' of the surface is fine while 滑やか means that the surface has
little 'unevenness'.

Note [滑]{すべ}やか is rather literary and usually it is [滑]{なめ} **ら** か. As the
character suggests, it implies an object moves without much resistance on the
surface, slippery. This might sound contradictory to the preceding 汗で濡れている
**のに** because to be _wet with sweat_ usually enhances the slipperiness. I
guess the intention here is that the skin does not 'stick' even with sweat.
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