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snakey

snakey

6.8
A surface or pattern that looks like snake scales
  • adjective
  • /ˈsneɪki/
translation icon : serpentino
  • In the painting, the river had a snakey shape, twisting and turning through the landscape.

Examples

  • She wore a dress with a beautiful snakey pattern that resembled the scales of a serpent.

  • OK, so it's just this like gummy snaky kind of thing coming in millions.

  • "What's this?" she cried as Uncle Morris's snakey stuffed rubber rolled out.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Nice B notices some slime moving on the ground, which rapidly morphs into a snakey thing, a big, thick, snakey thing.

    Blog text (24)

  • The garden was filled with a snakey vine that wound around the trellis.

Synonyms

serpentine
vssnakey
4 7.6

Winding and twisting like a snake

focuses on surface pattern and scales rather than only winding shape
snakelike
vssnakey
1 4.6

A long, thin shape or movement that curves like a snake

emphasizes surface pattern and scales rather than body length
snaky
vssnakey
1 6.1

Winding like a snake

focuses on surface patterns and scales rather than just shape or movement
serpiginous
vssnakey
  • Specialized
1 9.9

Having a long, winding shape like a snake

stresses surface appearance and scales more than wavy motion
anguine
vssnakey
  • Archaic
9.9

Having the shape or movement of a snake

is specific to surface patterns and scales rather than general resemblance
snakish
vssnakey
8.1

Having smooth, quiet movements or a watchful look like a long thin animal

focuses on visible surface patterns and scales rather than behavior

Antonyms

smooth
256 1.0

A surface that is even and not rough

How Snakelike

scaly
15 3.3
snakey
6.8
serpentine
4 7.6
patterned
1 3.4

Surface Forms

snakey positive

Morphology

snakey = snake (transparent) = snake + y

The adjective is a direct adjectival formation from 'snake' with the productive suffix '-y', so the meaning is easily derived.

Etymology

Snakey comes from snake plus the ending -y, which means 'like a snake'. So it describes a surface or pattern that twists or looks scaly, just like a snake's skin.