Definitions for snakyˈsneɪ ki

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

snak•yˈsneɪ ki(adj.)snak•i•er, snak•i•est.

  1. of or pertaining to snakes.

  2. infested with snakes:

    a snaky cave.

  3. twisting, winding, or sinuous; serpentine:

    a snaky road.

  4. treacherous or insidious.

  5. entwined with or bearing a representation of snakes, as a ring.

Origin of snaky:

1560–70

snak′i•ness(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. serpentine, snaky, snakelike(adj)

    resembling a serpent in form

    "a serpentine wall"; "snaky ridges in the sand"

Wiktionary

  1. snaky(Adjective)

    resembling or relating to snakes

  2. snaky(Adjective)

    twisty

  3. snaky(Adjective)

    sly; cunning; deceitful

    So to the coast of Jordan he directs / His easy steps, girded with snaky wiles. uE000302303uE001 Milton.

  4. snaky(Adjective)

    Covered with serpents; having serpents.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Snaky(adj)

    of or pertaining to a snake or snakes; resembling a snake; serpentine; winding

  2. Snaky(adj)

    sly; cunning; insinuating; deceitful

  3. Snaky(adj)

    covered with serpents; having serpents; as, a snaky rod or wand


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