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comparative snailier · superlative snailiest
- Resembling or characteristic of a snail.
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.
2012, Timothy Morton, The Ecological Thought, page 991 more example
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.
1851, Charles Dickens, Household Words, volume 3, page 422
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