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snakingly

snakingly adverb: in a snaking manner; serpentinely.

Adverb

snakingly (not comparable)

  1. (rare) In a snaking manner; serpentinely.
    • The anonymous writer asserts that the definition was inserted into the preamble only of the Act of 1643, and "subtilly and snakingly" made statutory in 1655 "all to gratify the conjobling^([sic]) of a Linsy Winsy Apothecary-Surgeons."1905, The Practitioner, volume 75, page 107
    • Amazonian in build, with a pretty face, Bindu often called herself an actress and snakingly pointed to a string of films where she was not clawed, pawed or jawed by her boss.1985, Sûrya India, page 55

Origin of snakingly

From snaking + -ly.

Questions about snakingly

What does snakingly mean?
Snakingly means in a snaking manner; serpentinely.
What part of speech is snakingly?
Snakingly is an adverb.

Words near snakingly in the dictionary

  1. snakin
  2. snakiness
  3. snakinesses
  4. snaking
  5. snaking out
  6. snakingly
  7. snakings
  8. snakins
  9. snakish
  10. snakishness
  11. snaky

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