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snary en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˈsnɛəɹi/

Etymology

From snare + -y.

Meanings

1. Resembling, or consisting of, snares; tending to entangle; insidious.
   • Spiders in the vault their snary webs have spread. 1697, Virgil, “The Fourth Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

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