snakiest

Adjective

snaky (comparative snakier, superlative snakiest)

1. Resembling or relating to snakes; snakelike.
   • [S]ome of Serpent kinde
     Wondrous in length and corpulence involv'd
     Thir Snakie foulds, and added wings.1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC, signature...
2. Windy; winding; twisty; sinuous, wavy.
   • Walking through the snaky passages I was soon completely lost.
3. (obsolete) Sly; cunning; deceitful.
   • So to the Coaſt of Jordan he directs
     His eaſie ſteps; girded with ſnaky wiles, […]1671, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 7, lines 119–120
4. (obsolete) Covered with serpents; having serpents.
   • What was that ſnakie headed Gorgon ſheild
     That wiſe Minerva wore, unconquer’d virgin
     Wherewith ſhe freez’d her foes to congeal’d ſtone?
     But rigid looks of Chaſt auſteritie
     And noble grace that daſh’t brute violence
     With ſudden adoration, and blancke aw.1634 October 9 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey...