Definition of Snakiness

1. Noun. the state or condition of being snaky ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Snakiness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Snakiness

snakeskin
snakeskins
snakestone
snakestones
snakeweed
snakeweeds
snakewhip
snakewhips
snakewise
snakewood
snakewoods
snakey
snakier
snakiest
snakily
snakiness
snakinesses
snaking
snakingly
snakings
snakish
snaky
snap-link
snap-shot
snap at
snap bean
snap cap
snap fastener
snap finger

Literary usage of Snakiness

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

1. The Atlantic Monthly by Making of America Project (1867)
"... next, that he can't live and lie at the same time, — that he can't live unless he keeps his ingenuity under, and his cunning and snakiness in general. ..."

2. Birds in Their Relations to Man: A Manual of Economic Ornithology for the by Clarence Moores Weed, Ned Dearborn (1903)
"... head remains in sight, when its apparent snakiness is startling. It feeds on a great variety of fish, frogs, lizards, crawfish, leeches, shrimps, ..."

3. Birds in Their Relations to Man: A Manual of Economic Ornithology for the by Clarence Moores Weed, Ned Dearborn (1903)
"... to swim at any degree of submergence, from high floating to such a depth that only the head remains in sight, when its apparent snakiness is startling. ..."

4. Modern Dancing by Vernon Castle, Irene Castle (1914)
"You will remember, too, the tight snakiness of the hobble-skirt and the hats that were shaped like peach-baskets. All women will recall them because all ..."

5. The United Service (1885)
"... and yet it was all so soft and fine and silky as to bar even the suggestion of Medusa snakiness. The complexion was pure and white and opal-tinted, ..."

6. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1900)
"There was a snakiness in the very look of the place, and I could almost feel the delightful thrill in my nerves invariably experienced at the sight of a ..."

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