单词 | snailish |
释义 | snailish, a.|ˈsneɪlɪʃ| [f. snail n.1 + -ish.] Somewhat resembling (that of) the snail; slothful, slow, sluggish.
1581T. Nuce tr. Seneca, Octavia i. iii, And snaylish age in going soft Unto her thews is not ybounde. 1623J. Wodroephe Marrow Fr. Tongue 245/2 O, what snailish heart hast thou! cœur de limaçon. 1889C. Edwardes Sardinia 130 The snailish movements of the dance. Hence ˈsnailishly adv.; ˈsnailishness.
1889Punch 1 June 257/2 Your progress may also be snailishly slow. 1905Beerbohm in Sat. Rev. 24 June 835/1 Usually, this pace in elocution does not madden me. But..I am moved to cry out against this idiotic tradition of snailishness. |

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