SNAIL-LIKE

Definition: SNAIL-LIKE

SNAIL-LIKE

Adjective

1. Like or suiting a snail; as, snail-like progress.

Adverb

1. In the manner of a snail; slowly.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Synonyms within Context: SNAIL-LIKE

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Slowness	Adjective: slow, slack; tardy; dilatory; (inactive); gentle, easy; leisurely; deliberate, gradual; insensible, imperceptible; glacial, languid, sluggish, slow paced, tardigrade, snail-like; creeping; Verb: reptatorial.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Usage Frequency: SNAIL-LIKE

"SNAIL-LIKE" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "SNAIL-LIKE" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Modern Translation: SNAIL-LIKE

Language		Translations for "SNAIL-LIKE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		蜗牛象. (various references)

Korean		달팽이 같이. (various references)

Pig Latin		ail-likesnay

Russian		похожий на улитку (snaillike). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: SNAIL-LIKE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: silkaline, snaillike.
	Words within the letters "a-e-i-i-k-l-l-n-s"
	-2 letters: ainsell, alkines, killies.
	-3 letters: aliens, alines, alkies, alkine, allies, alsike, ankles, elains, inkles, killie, kinase, knells, liaise, lianes, lienal, likens, lilies, lineal, nielli, saline, silane, sileni, silken.
	-4 letters: aisle, alien, alike, aline, anile, anils, anise, ankle, elain, elans, ileal, ilial, inkle, kails, kains, kales, kanes, kills, kilns, kinas, kines, knell, lakes, lanes, leaks.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-i-i-k-l-l-n-s"
	+1 letter: silkalines.
	+2 letters: alkalinizes, kallikreins, painkillers.
	+3 letters: alkalinities.
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