Definition of Snary

1. a. Resembling, or consisting of, snares; entangling; insidious.

Definition of Snary

1. Adjective. Resembling, or consisting of, snares; tending to entangle; insidious. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Snary

1. in danger of entrapment [adj SNARIER, SNARIEST]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Snary

snarl up
snarled
snarler
snarlers
snarleth
snarlier
snarliest
snarling
snarlingly
snarlings
snarls
snarly
snarred
snarring
snars
snary (current term)
snash
snashed
snashes
snashing
snast
snaste
snastes
snasts
snatch and run
snatch and runs
snatch block
snatch blocks
snatch defeat from the jaws of victory

Literary usage of Snary

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

1. The Musical World (1856)
"On Tuesday evening last, Mr. Isaac snary gave a Farewell Concert at the Athenaeum. He was supported by Mrs. snary and Mrs. Pyne, and by Messrs. ..."

2. Reports of Cases Determined by the High Court of Admiralty: And Upon Appeal by Great Britain High Court of Admiralty, Great Britain High Court of Delegates (1885)
"The said John snary consented to take after the rate of £5 a HEATH. month for his services for (?) the eight months he served in the ship. ..."

3. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"Richard-snary is a commom jocular term. A country lad, having been reproved for calling persons by their nicknames, being sent to borrow _a dictionary, ..."

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