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serpently

serpently adjective: snakelike.

Adjective

serpently (comparative more serpently, superlative most serpently)

  1. (rare) snakelike
    • […] the having of “boyfriends” was a kind of protective self-aggrandizement, a little like the trick of the puff adder, bloating itself almost double to blind you to the serpently disgrace of its vulnerable venomlessness.2005, Trudy Dittmar, Fauna and Flora, Earth and Sky: Brushes with Nature's Wisdom, page 103

Forms of serpently

comparativemore serpently
superlativemost serpently

Origin of serpently

From serpent + -ly.

Questions about serpently

What does serpently mean?
Serpently means snakelike.
What part of speech is serpently?
Serpently is an adjective.

Words near serpently in the dictionary

  1. serpentized
  2. serpentizes
  3. serpentizing
  4. serpentkind
  5. serpentlike
  6. serpently
  7. serpentries
  8. serpentry
  9. serpents
  10. serpentwood
  11. Serpes

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