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snaky
[ sney-kee ]
adjective
- of or relating to snakes.
- abounding in snakes, as a place.
- snakelike; twisting, winding, or sinuous.
- venomous; treacherous or insidious:
a snaky remark.
- consisting of, entwined with, or bearing a representation of snakes or serpents, as a ring.
- Australian Informal. irritable, angry, or spiteful.
snaky
/ ˈsneɪkɪ /
adjective
- of or like a snake; sinuous
- treacherous or insidious
- infested with snakes
- informal.angry or bad-tempered
Derived Forms
- ˈsnakily, adverb
- ˈsnakiness, noun
Other Words From
- snaki·ly adverb
- snaki·ness noun
- un·snaky adjective
Example Sentences
"So when everyone's talking about snaky hips and stuff, you know what, bring it on. Any opportunity, I'm throwing it."
Meet the anhinga, a large water bird with a snaky neck that has joined other high-profile vagrant birds in recent years by making a rare appearance outside of its typical migration range.
We’ll spell out the first few routes; after that, if you can’t figure out some snaky path of adjacent states, see this week’s Style Conversational — or just look at a U.S. map.
Usually, I tracked my location counting bends in the snaky river, my time watching the clouds shift, and my fortune spotting golden eagles.
To flip through the pages of a 13th century manuscript, one might believe the medieval era was beleaguered by more snaky dragons and man-murdering bunnies than temperamental tween girls.
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