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Definition of snaky in English: snaky(also snakey) adjectivesnakiest, snakier ˈsneɪkiˈsneɪki 1Like a snake in appearance; long and sinuous. Example sentencesExamples - I made a great putt on the 14th hole, a really snaky 30-footer, that really got me going again.
- We eventually formed a snaky line, moving slowly toward the door.
- This is bedroom hair; Medusa hair: snaky, sultry, seductive.
- Her toes squelched against the damp sand, leaving a snaky trail of footprints.
- It is also true that the number of taxis zipping through the city's narrow streets and snaky alleyways is surprisingly large.
- Everything's dancing to a different, more roundabout rhythm right now - so start thinking tangential tango, lateral lambada, snaky samba, magical mambo or curvaceous kind of cha-cha-cha.
- Flora had become a beautiful green snaky dragon.
- A small blood clot forming in a large vein can build up to a long, soft, snaky blood clot.
- Honsha carries are a sword with a snaky curved blade and a short dagger - like weapon with a slightly longer hilt and a blade curved backwards.
- The Belgian is a long, thin and snaky bird, which is bred and trained to stand hunched over in its perched position.
- I managed to sit upon the camel, between the fatty hump and its snakey neck.
- The flashy red sports car zipped along the snakey cliffside roads.
- Colour does not normally seem to be a big part of Parr's work but this piece on multiple sheets of paper, with its charcoal black lines and snaky, indecipherable hand scrawl, was very pleasing to the eye.
- She gestured to the long, snaky line ahead of her.
- Surrounded by craggy mountains, one can only reach it via train or a narrow, snaky highway.
Synonyms winding, windy, serpentine, curving, twisting, meandering, snaking, zigzag, zigzagging, turning, bending, curling, coiling, undulating - 1.1 Of the supposed nature of a snake in showing coldness, venom, or cunning.
Example sentencesExamples - Every now and again, a snaky comment would erupt from his lips but there was always a quick apology while he muttered something that she couldn't ever hear.
- Calling someone snakey would be fairly negative, and Giselle wasn't really bad.
2Australian NZ informal Angry; irritable. what are you snaky about? Example sentencesExamples - Angelina Jolie has a wild time as Alexander's snakey mum, Olympias, though you do wonder why she bothers.
- So this morning in the Sunday papers we have Richard Carleton over on Nine's 60 Minutes getting all snaky about Paul Barry joining the tick tick tickers next year.
- One minute I am intolerant and snakey, the next I am dancing around the lounge room with Amelia to her CD of Latin music (cha cha cha!) or sewing a tiny dog in a creative frenzy.
Synonyms angry, annoyed, irate, irritated, in a bad mood, peeved, vexed, upset, irked, piqued, out of humour, put out, displeased, galled, resentful
Rhymes achy, Blakey, flaky, quaky, shaky, wakey-wakey Definition of snaky in US English: snakyadjectiveˈsnākēˈsneɪki 1Like a snake in appearance; long and sinuous. Example sentencesExamples - Colour does not normally seem to be a big part of Parr's work but this piece on multiple sheets of paper, with its charcoal black lines and snaky, indecipherable hand scrawl, was very pleasing to the eye.
- I managed to sit upon the camel, between the fatty hump and its snakey neck.
- Everything's dancing to a different, more roundabout rhythm right now - so start thinking tangential tango, lateral lambada, snaky samba, magical mambo or curvaceous kind of cha-cha-cha.
- Surrounded by craggy mountains, one can only reach it via train or a narrow, snaky highway.
- I made a great putt on the 14th hole, a really snaky 30-footer, that really got me going again.
- It is also true that the number of taxis zipping through the city's narrow streets and snaky alleyways is surprisingly large.
- Her toes squelched against the damp sand, leaving a snaky trail of footprints.
- She gestured to the long, snaky line ahead of her.
- Honsha carries are a sword with a snaky curved blade and a short dagger - like weapon with a slightly longer hilt and a blade curved backwards.
- The flashy red sports car zipped along the snakey cliffside roads.
- The Belgian is a long, thin and snaky bird, which is bred and trained to stand hunched over in its perched position.
- Flora had become a beautiful green snaky dragon.
- This is bedroom hair; Medusa hair: snaky, sultry, seductive.
- A small blood clot forming in a large vein can build up to a long, soft, snaky blood clot.
- We eventually formed a snaky line, moving slowly toward the door.
Synonyms winding, windy, serpentine, curving, twisting, meandering, snaking, zigzag, zigzagging, turning, bending, curling, coiling, undulating - 1.1 Of the supposed nature of a snake in showing coldness, venom, or cunning.
Example sentencesExamples - Calling someone snakey would be fairly negative, and Giselle wasn't really bad.
- Every now and again, a snaky comment would erupt from his lips but there was always a quick apology while he muttered something that she couldn't ever hear.
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