serpently

English

Etymology

From serpent +‎ -ly.

Adjective

serpently (comparative more serpently, superlative most serpently)

1. (rare) snakelike
   • 2005, Trudy Dittmar, Fauna and Flora, Earth and Sky: Brushes with Nature's Wisdom, page 103:

     […] the having of “boyfriends” was a kind of protective self-aggrandizement, a little like the trick of the puff adder, bloating itself almost double to blind you to the serpently disgrace of its vulnerable venomlessness.