snail-like
Moving very slowly
Snail-like describes something resembling a snail in appearance or, more commonly, in speed—that is, extremely slow: Traffic moved at a snail-like pace.
The comparison emphasizes frustrating slowness rather than any positive quality of deliberateness.
Slow and inactive
- slow-movingProgressing at low speed
- crawlingMoving on hands, knees
- creepingMoving slowly, stealthily
- ploddingMoving slowly, heavily
unhurried · leisurely · dawdling · lagging · glacial · lumbering · poky · meandering
Curve winding around center
- coiledArranged in spirals
- whorlSpiral arrangement of ridges
- curledFormed into coils
- protectiveServing to guard
armored · rounded · chambered · calcified · encased · portable · retreating · withdrawn
Smooth limbless locomotion
- glidingEngineless aerial movement
- trailingFollowing behind something
- slidingMoving smoothly across surface
- oozingLeaking viscously and slowly
undulating · slimy · mucous · ground-hugging · tentative · retractable · contracting · extending
sluggish
Slow and inactive
- slow-movingProgressing at low speed
- crawlingMoving on hands, knees
- creepingMoving slowly, stealthily
plodding · unhurried · leisurely · dawdling · lagging · glacial · lumbering · poky · meandering · inching
spiral
Curve winding around center
protective · armored · rounded · chambered · calcified · encased · portable · retreating · withdrawn · housed
slithering
Smooth limbless locomotion
- glidingEngineless aerial movement
- trailingFollowing behind something
- slidingMoving smoothly across surface
oozing · undulating · slimy · mucous · ground-hugging · tentative · retractable · contracting · extending · rippling
timid
Lacking courage or confidence
- withdrawnEmotionally distant, disengaged
- reclusiveSeeking isolation from others
- cautiousCareful to avoid risk
shy · introverted · retiring · hesitant · shrinking · defensive · guarded · wary · recoiling · hiding