snaky

American  

[snay-kee] / ˈsneɪ ki /

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.

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snaky British  

/ ˈsneɪkɪ /

adjective

1. of or like a snake; sinuous

2. treacherous or insidious

3. infested with snakes

4. informal angry or bad-tempered

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Other Word Forms

• snakiness
  noun
• unsnaky
  adjective
• snakily
  adverb

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Etymology

Origin of snaky

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

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Example Sentences

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On “Anatomical Fable of the Elements,” atop a snaky bassline and a throbbing beat, Ms. Muldrow poses questions: “Is your nose witness to the sweet life?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026

It couldn’t have helped the DOJ’s position that Boasberg is probably one of the most experienced jurists in the U.S. judiciary when it comes to dealing with this administration’s snaky tactics.

From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2026

She added it was "almost snaky", starting gradually.

From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026

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 ● Feb. 4, 2026

The road and the river twist thru ’em on snaky paths off to my right and sometimes it’s all I can do to keep them in sight.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness

It was hair that could turn the Medusa to stone, hair snakier than all the snake pits in a minotaur movie.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

After all, Texas is one of the snakiest states in the nation, with more than 80 species, 11 of them venomous.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 18, 2022

Angus, Junior, was off early, too, in his snakiest car.

From Somewhere in Red Gap by Harry Leon Wilson

A cow-puncher togged up like he was going after the snakiest bronk in the country, when he was only going to drive to town in a buckboard!

From Chip, of the Flying U by Charles M. Russell

The twisting of the track, 'without rhyme or reason,' reminded me of the snakiest paths in Central Africa.

From To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative by Sir Richard Francis Burton

He’s an iceberg, an’ he’s got the snakiest gun-hand of any man in the country.

From 'Drag' Harlan by Charles Alden Seltzer

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