snaily

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English

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Etymology

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From snail +‎ -y.

Adjective

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snaily (comparative snailier, superlative snailiest)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a snail.
    • 1851, Charles Dickens, Household Words, volume 3, page 422:
      So he and Dr. Hutton, the geologist, agreed that they would rise above the narrow fancies of the vulgar, and prove their philosophy by dining together on a snaily mess. They met, the dish of snails was brought to table, and the cover being removed, the two great men looked at their dinner with countenances very blank indeed.
    • 2012, Timothy Morton, The Ecological Thought, page 99:
      In other words, simply because we're sentient—let's set the bar low to ensure that even snails and the snailiest humans are also responsible—we're obliged to address global warming.

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