SNAKY
What does "SNAKY" mean?
Resembling a snake in shape or movement; long, winding, and twisting.
Meanings
- Twisting and winding like a snake. A snaky path led down to the shore.
- Sly, treacherous, or sinuous in manner. He gave a snaky little smile and changed the subject. figurative
- Full of or infested with snakes. Locals warned us the marsh was snaky.
Word origin
Formed from 'snake' (Old English 'snaca') plus the adjective suffix '-y', with the silent 'e' dropped before the suffix as in 'smoke/smoky'.
Remember it
SNAKE drops its E to slither into SNAKY - the word itself winds out a letter.
A little poem
The mountain road, all snaky in the haze,
kept promising the summit, then turned away.
couplet
Wordplay
- The river called itself snaky, but it was really just bad at directions.
What it teaches
A snaky path is still a path; the bends are the price of going around the mountain.
Quick facts
What does SNAKY mean?
Resembling a snake in shape or movement; long, winding, and twisting.
Is SNAKY a valid word?
Yes — SNAKY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SNAKY?
SNAKY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does SNAKY come from?
Formed from 'snake' (Old English 'snaca') plus the adjective suffix '-y', with the silent 'e' dropped before the suffix as in 'smoke/smoky'.
What can SNAKY teach us?
A snaky path is still a path; the bends are the price of going around the mountain.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.