Definition of Snaily

1. like a snail [adj SNAILIER, SNAILIEST]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Snaily

snailase
snailed
snaileries
snailery
snailfish
snailflower
snailier
snailiest
snailing
snailish
snaillike
snails
snailshell
snailshells
snailspace
snaily (current term)
snake's-head
snake's-tongue
snake's head fritillary
snake-fish
snake-head
snake-necked turtle
snake-rail fence
snake bites
snake charmer
snake charmers
snake charming
snake dance
snake doctor

Literary usage of Snaily

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1884)
"See, now will I charm this snaily from its cell with the air that Rene taught ... snaily, snaily, little nun, Come out of thy cell, come into the sun : Show ..."

2. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1898)
"Young snaily did his exercises for him, and tried " to know him at home"; but Young Bull licked him in a fight of fifty-five minutes, and he was caned ..."

3. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray (1898)
"Young snaily did his exercises for him, and tried " to know him at home" ; but Young Bull licked him in a fight of fifty-five minutes, and he was caned ..."

4. The Book of Snobs by William Makepeace Thackeray (1855)
"Young snaily did his exercises for him, and tried " to know him at home," but Young Bull licked him in a fight of fifty-five minutes, and he was caned ..."

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