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In a treacherous or sly manner. In a serpentine manner.

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Usage examples (18)
  • Adjective, : a snaky remark
  • The mystical expression had gone from the dusky face and the eyes twinkled snakily with a sort of reptilian mirth.
  • Before him, its empty arms stretched toward him, its straps and wires twisting snakily in front of him, was The Chair!
  • Tamara Rojo was born to play Carmen, Lauren Cuthbertson was severe, snakily sinuous and creepy in the Micaëla role, and the blokes were all good.
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