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snakey

snakey

7.2
Moving with many curves like a snake or acting in a sneaky way
  • adjective
  • /ˈsneɪki/
translation icon : serpentino
  • And some people don't change and some people are still kind of like snaky and suspicious and selfish.

I wanted to do this snaky curve through them.

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Examples

  • I wanted to do this snaky curve through them.

  • As the car took the snakey road along the cliff, the passengers gasped at the beautiful views.

  • And now some of these camera angles look kind of snaky here, though.

  • And it's very snaky at first in some cases and other cases it's just blatant.

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

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  • The slime doesn't "morph into the snakey thing"; the worms clearly shown in the first scene wallowing in the black muck were transformed into the "snakey things."

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  • The artist created a snakey path through the garden, inviting visitors to explore its twists and turns.

  • His snakey behavior made everyone suspicious about his true intentions during the meeting.

Synonyms

twisty
vssnakey
11 4.7

A road or story with many bends and sudden changes

adds an agentive, sly behaviour sense not present here
serpentine
vssnakey
4 7.6

Winding and twisting like a snake

can also imply sly or cunning behaviour beyond physical shape
weaselly
vssnakey
  • Informal
4 8.4

A person who acts sneaky and dishonest to avoid clear answers

can mean sneaky too but also describes winding physical motion
snakelike
vssnakey
1 4.6

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

adds a sense of secretive or crafty behaviour beyond shape
wriggly
vssnakey
1 4.3

Moving with small twisting movements like a worm

is similar physically but also covers secretive behaviour
snaky
vssnakey
1 6.1

Winding like a snake

also covers sly or secretive behaviour as a social trait
tricksy
vssnakey
1 9.1

Behaving in a sly way that tries to fool people

is more about winding movement as well as sly conduct
serpiginous
vssnakey
  • Specialized
1 9.9

Having a long, winding shape like a snake

is less about pure shape and more about sly conduct too
snakish
vssnakey
8.1

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

is broader, combining both winding motion and sly intent
writhing
vssnakey
6.0

Moving by twisting and turning like a snake

includes similar twisting motion but also a sly behavioural sense

Antonyms

1.0

Truthful and fair, not cheating or lying

1.0

In a direct line without turning

How Sly

treacherous
38 7.1
crafty
47 4.5
snakey
7.2
sneaky
101 4.4
furtive
14 7.5

Surface Forms

snakey positive

Morphology

snakey = snake (transparent) = snake + y

The sense is a figurative extension (winding movement or sly behaviour) but is a common and transparent extension from 'snake' plus '-y'.

Etymology

Snakey comes from snake plus the ending -y, which means 'like a snake'. Because snakes move in a winding way and are often seen as sly, snakey also describes winding movement or sneaky behaviour.