snaky

[sney-kee]

adjective

snakier, snakiest 

1. of or relating to snakes.

2. abounding in snakes, as a place.

3. snakelike; twisting, winding, or sinuous.

4. venomous; treacherous or insidious.

   a snaky remark.

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

6. Australian Informal.,  irritable, angry, or spiteful.

snaky

/ ˈsneɪkɪ /

adjective

1. of or like a snake; sinuous

2. treacherous or insidious

3. infested with snakes

4. informal,  angry or bad-tempered

Other Word Forms

• snakily adverb
• snakiness noun
• unsnaky adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of snaky¹

First recorded in 1560–70; snake + -y ¹

Example Sentences

"So when everyone's talking about snaky hips and stuff, you know what, bring it on. Any opportunity, I'm throwing it."

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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.

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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.

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Usually, I tracked my location counting bends in the snaky river, my time watching the clouds shift, and my fortune spotting golden eagles.

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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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