Snakelike
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Snakelike is an adjective meaning Resembling a snake; long, thin and flexible, or waving about in a snake-like manner; snaky.
Meaning
Resembling a snake; long, thin and flexible, or waving about in a snake-like manner; snaky.
More Meanings
- (figurative) Characteristic of or resembling a snake.
Example Sentences
a snakelike forked tongue
Skinks are lizards, but some species have lost their limbs over eons of evolution, giving them a snakelike look.
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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include eely, snaky, serpentlike, snakey, snakish, slithery.
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