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English Dictionary: snaky by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
snaky
adj
  1. resembling a serpent in form; "a serpentine wall"; "snaky ridges in the sand"
    Synonym(s): serpentine, snaky, snakelike
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Snaky \Snak"y\, a.
      1. Of or pertaining to a snake or snakes; resembling a snake;
            serpentine; winding.
  
                     The red light playing upon its gilt and carving gave
                     it an appearance of snaky life.         --L. Wallace.
  
      2. Sly; cunning; insinuating; deceitful.
  
                     So to the coast of Jordan he directs His easy steps,
                     girded with snaky wiles.                     --Milton.
  
      3. Covered with serpents; having serpents; as, a snaky rod or
            wand. --Dryden.
  
                     That snaky-headed, Gorgon shield.      --Milton.
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