snailyadj.n.
/ˈsneɪli/ 1. Like a snail; resembling that of a snail; snail-like. Also figurative.
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the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [adjective] > moving slowly
slowa1398
slow-movingc1450
slow-bellied1554
lazya1568
slow-footed1587
slow-paced1594
leaden-footed1596
snaily1596
snail-paced1597
dragglinga1599
leaden-heeled1598
ambling1600
slow-foot1607
sluggisha1616
slow-pacing1616
tortoise-paced1623
slow-going1634
leaden-stepping1645
tardigradous1652
tardigrade1656
snail-crawleda1658
dawdling1773
loitering1791–2
slow-stepping1793
creepy1794
lugging1816
tortoise-footed1818
crawling1820
creepy-crawly1858
slowing1877
lead-foot1896
soodling1951
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [adjective] > belonging to order Pulmonifera > relating to slugs or snails > resembling a snail
snaily1596
snail-like1607
1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. B1 But I will make you shrinke your snailie hornes. View more context for this quotation
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Limaceux, Snailie, Snaile~like.
1627 M. Drayton Elegies in Battaile Agincourt 186 These Dialls.., Whose Snayly motion of the moouing hand, (Although it goe) yet seeme to me to stand.
1928 D. H. Lawrence Let. 17 Mar. (1932) 710 We must put salt on the hypocritical and snaily tails, the good public.
1979 Sci. Amer. Mar. 27/2 Periwinkles, snaily bivalves and the plants and animals (such as barnacles and algae) that live on other organisms each get a detailed chapter.
2. Infested by snails; covered with the slime of snails.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > infestation by noxious creatures > [adjective] > with other creatures
barnacled1691
snaily1870
the world > matter > constitution of matter > semi-fluidity > [adjective] > slimy > characterized by presence of slimy matter
slimy1377
slimed1393
greasy1801
snaily1870
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [adjective] > belonging to order Pulmonifera > relating to slugs or snails > infested by snails
snaily1870
1870 Furnivall in Boorde's Dyetary (1870) 249 (margin) Don't lie in ratty and snaily rooms.
1882 R. D. Blackmore Christowell xii The rooks began to caw,..the young lady, reading in a snaily chair, to gaze about.
3. Australian.
a. Slightly curled after the manner of a snail-shell; having horns of this description. (Cf. snail-horn n. 2.)
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [adjective] > having particular type of horns
upheaded1549
crumple-horned1685
crumpled-horn?a1750
snail-horned1787
snaily1884
scurred1963
1884 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Old Melbourne Mem. xvii. 123 That black bullock,..him with the snaily horn.
1891 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Sydney-side Saxon viii. 133 There's a snailey Wallanbah bullock I haven't seen this two years.
b. As n. A kind of bullock characterized by having such horns.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bull > [noun] > castrated or bullock > with specific features
spark1798
poley1843
mickey1876
snaily1884
mick1894
1884 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Old Melbourne Mem. ix. 68 Snaileys and poleys, old and young, coarse and fine, they were a mixed herd in every sense.
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