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snaky (encz) | snaky,hadovitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Snaky (gcide) | Snaky \Snak"y\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to a snake or snakes; resembling a snake;
serpentine; winding.
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The red light playing upon its gilt and carving gave
it an appearance of snaky life. --L. Wallace.
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2. Sly; cunning; insinuating; deceitful.
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So to the coast of Jordan he directs
His easy steps, girded with snaky wiles. --Milton.
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3. Covered with serpents; having serpents; as, a snaky rod or
wand. --Dryden.
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That snaky-headed, Gorgon shield. --Milton.
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snaky (wn) | snaky
adj 1: resembling a serpent in form; "a serpentine wall"; "snaky
ridges in the sand" [syn: serpentine, snaky,
snakelike] |
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serpentine snaky (gcide) | curved \curved\ adj.
1. not straight; having or marked by curves. Opposite of
straight.
Note: [Narrower terms: {arced, arched, arching, arciform,
arcuate, bowed}; falcate, sickle-shaped; flexuous;
incurvate, incurved: recurved, recurvate;
semicircular: serpentine, snaky: {sinuate, sinuous,
wavy}: sinusoidal]
Syn: curving.
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2. (Botany) curved with the micropyle near the base almost
touching its stalk; -- of a plant ovule. Opposite of
orthotropous.
Syn: campylotropous.
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Snaky (gcide) | Snaky \Snak"y\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to a snake or snakes; resembling a snake;
serpentine; winding.
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The red light playing upon its gilt and carving gave
it an appearance of snaky life. --L. Wallace.
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2. Sly; cunning; insinuating; deceitful.
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So to the coast of Jordan he directs
His easy steps, girded with snaky wiles. --Milton.
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3. Covered with serpents; having serpents; as, a snaky rod or
wand. --Dryden.
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That snaky-headed, Gorgon shield. --Milton.
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