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Definition of Snaillike
1. a. Like or suiting a snail; as, snail-like progress.
2. adv. In the manner of a snail; slowly.
Definition of Snaillike
1. Adjective. Resembling a snail or some aspect of one. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Snaillike
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Snaillike
Literary usage of Snaillike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Annual Conference by Indiana Science Teachers' Association, American Society of University Composers (1906)
"3 Physiology is coming more and more to be classed as an exact science. As a
science it is young. The one great reason for the snaillike pace of the ..."
2. Weeds of the North Central States edited by Lloyd M. Wax, Richard S. Fawcett, Duane Isely (1999)
"Upper leaves narrow, hardened, and spine-tipped; seeds snaillike in appearance.
RUSSIAN THISTLE (Salsola kali) p. 61 21. Leaves all normal, the spines ..."
3. Technique of the Photoplay by Epes Winthrop Sargent (1916)
"... a snaillike form of locomotion. These we know, therefore we can use. Did we
not know of the snake we could not imagine such a body. ..."
4. History of the City of Columbus, Capital of Ohio by Alfred Emory Lee, W.W. Munsell & Co (1892)
"A number of persons on horseback endeavored to keep up with me, who, together
with their horses, resembled the toys of children moving with snaillike ..."
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