"snaky" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈsneɪki/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-snaky.wav [Southern-England] Forms: snakier [comparative], snakiest [superlative]
Etymology: snake + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|snake|y}} snake + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} snaky (comparative snakier, superlative snakiest)
  1. Resembling or relating to snakes; snakelike. Translations (resembling or relating to snakes): ثُعْبَانِيّ (ṯuʕbāniyy) (Arabic), змяі́ны (zmjaíny) (Belarusian), зьмяі́ны (zʹmjaíny) [Taraškievica] (Belarusian), зми́йски (zmíjski) (Bulgarian), змиеви́ден (zmievíden) (Bulgarian), hadí (Czech), käärmemäinen (Finnish), serpentin (French), schlangenartig (German), serpentino (Italian), змиски (zmiski) (Macedonian), aarnieuagh (Manx), wężowy (Polish), serpentino (Portuguese), змеи́ный (zmeínyj) (Russian), змееви́дный (zmejevídnyj) (Russian), नाग (nāgá) (Sanskrit), змѝјин [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), зми̏јаст [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), zmìjin [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), zmȉjast [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), hadí (Slovak), kačji (Slovene), kačast (Slovene), serpentino (Spanish), yılansı (Turkish), yılanımsı (Turkish), змії́ний (zmijínyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-snaky-en-adj-Hm-9XdvH Disambiguation of 'resembling or relating to snakes': 95 2 1 2
  2. Windy; winding; twisty; sinuous, wavy.
    Sense id: en-snaky-en-adj-DLhySuV7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 52 13 9 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 17 72 7 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 16 65 9 11
  3. (obsolete) sly; cunning; deceitful. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-snaky-en-adj-6S6pqT0L
  4. (obsolete) Covered with serpents; having serpents. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-snaky-en-adj-kyyfEkMa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: serpentine (english: all senses), snakey

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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