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snailesque

snailesque adjective: resembling or characteristic of snails, especially slow.

Adjective

snailesque (comparative more snailesque, superlative most snailesque)

  1. (rare) Resembling or characteristic of snails, especially slow.
    • She worked at a snailesque pace.

Forms of snailesque

comparativemore snailesque
superlativemost snailesque

Origin of snailesque

From snail + -esque.

Questions about snailesque

What does snailesque mean?
Snailesque means resembling or characteristic of snails, especially slow.
What part of speech is snailesque?
Snailesque is an adjective.

Words near snailesque in the dictionary

  1. snailborne
  2. Snailbrook
  3. snailed
  4. snaileries
  5. snailery
  6. snailesque
  7. snailfish
  8. snailfishes
  9. snailflower
  10. snailflowers
  11. snailicide

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