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Definitions for snaky
ˈsneɪ kisnaky

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. serpentine, snaky, snakelikeadjective

    resembling a serpent in form

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

Wiktionary

  1. snakyadjective

    resembling or relating to snakes

  2. snakyadjective

    twisty

  3. snakyadjective

    sly; cunning; deceitful

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

  4. snakyadjective

    Covered with serpents; having serpents.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Snakyadjective

    Etymology: from snake.

    Venomous tongue, tipt with vile adder’s sting,
    Of that self kind with which the furies fell
    Their snaky heads do comb. Edmund Spenser.

    The true lovers knot had its original from nodus Herculaneus, or Hercules’s knot, resembling the snaky complication in the caduceus, or rod of Hermes. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.

    So to the coast of Jordan he directs
    His easy steps, girded with snaky wiles. John Milton, Par. Reg.

    Look, look unto this snaky rod,
    And stop your ears against the charming god. Ben Jonson.

    In his hand
    He took caduceus, his snaky wand. Hubberd’s Tale.

    What was that snaky-headed gorgon shield
    That wise Minerva wore, unconquer’d virgin,
    Wherewith she freez’d her foes to congeal’d stone? John Milton.

    His flying hat was fasten’d on his head;
    Wings on his heels were hung, and in his hand
    He holds the virtue of the snaky wand. Dryden.

ChatGPT

  1. snaky

    Snaky refers to something that resembles, relates to, or has the characteristics of a snake. It can be used to describe a devious or deceitful person or a winding, twisting path or movement. Snaky can also refer to something or someone that is long and slender in form, just like a snake.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Snakyadjective

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

  2. Snakyadjective

    sly; cunning; insinuating; deceitful

  3. Snakyadjective

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

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  1. yanks

  2. Yanks

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of snaky in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of snaky in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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