snakelike
English
Etymology
Adjective
snakelike (comparative more snakelike, superlative most snakelike)
- Resembling a snake; long, thin and flexible, or waving about in a snake-like manner; snaky.
- 1887, H. Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure[1]:
- I could, however, clearly distinguish that the swathed mummy-like form before me was that of a tall and lovely woman, instinct with beauty in every part, and also with a certain snake-like grace which I had never seen anything to equal before.
- Characteristic of a snake.
- a snakelike forked tongue
Translations
resembling a snake
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