snaky
Americanadjective
adjective
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of or like a snake; sinuous
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treacherous or insidious
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infested with snakes
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informal angry or bad-tempered
Other Word Forms
- snakily adverb
- snakiness noun
- unsnaky adjective
Etymology
Origin of snaky
Example Sentences
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The Grand Prix winner of last year’s Cannes Critics Week, filmmaker Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke’s snaky, surprising fable starts with a sneeze and explodes into a saga about bureaucracy, modernization and moral corruption.
From Los Angeles Times
They followed the snaky line of the River Thames inland from the North Sea, passing directly over London.
From Literature
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.
From New York Times
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.
From Washington Post
Usually, I tracked my location counting bends in the snaky river, my time watching the clouds shift, and my fortune spotting golden eagles.
From Salon
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