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snaily

snaily adjective: resembling or characteristic of a snail.

Adjective

snaily (comparative snailier, superlative snailiest)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a snail.
    • So he and Dr. Hutton, the geologist, agreed that they would rise above the narrow fancies of the vulgar, and prove their philosophy by dining together on a snaily mess. They met, the dish of snails was brought to table, and the cover being removed, the two great men looked at their dinner with...1851, Charles Dickens, Household Words, volume 3, page 422
    • In other words, simply because we're sentient—let's set the bar low to ensure that even snails and the snailiest humans are also responsible—we're obliged to address global warming.2012, Timothy Morton, The Ecological Thought, page 99

Forms of snaily

comparativesnailier
superlativesnailiest

Origin of snaily

From snail + -y.

Questions about snaily

What does snaily mean?
Snaily means resembling or characteristic of a snail.
What part of speech is snaily?
Snaily is an adjective.

Words near snaily in the dictionary

  1. snailmail
  2. snails
  3. snailshell
  4. snailshells
  5. Snailwell
  6. snaily
  7. Snainton
  8. Snaith
  9. snake
  10. snake and pygmy pie
  11. snake and pygmy pies

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