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Snaky vs Snary - What's the difference?

snaky | snary |

As adjectives the difference between snaky and snary

is that snaky is resembling or relating to snakes while snary is resembling, or consisting of, snares; tending to entangle; insidious.

snaky

English

Alternative forms

* snakey

Adjective

(er)
  • resembling or relating to snakes
  • twisty
  • :Walking through the snaky passages I was soon completely lost.
  • (obsolete) sly; cunning; deceitful
    • So to the coast of Jordan he directs / His easy steps, girded with snaky wiles. — Milton.
  • (obsolete) Covered with serpents; having serpents.
    • A snaky rod or wand. — Dryden.
    That snaky -headed, Gorgon shield. — Milton.

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    snary

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling, or consisting of, snares; tending to entangle; insidious.
    • Spiders in the vault their snary webs have spread. — Dryden.
    (Webster 1913)