The Collaborative International Dictionary
Snail-like
Snail-like \Snail"-like`\, a. Like or suiting a snail; as, snail-like progress.
Snail-like
Snail-like \Snail"-like`\, adv. In the manner of a snail; slowly.
Usage examples of "snail-like".
For a matter of five minutes I waited and then he came in sight on his slow and snail-like beat about the structure.
The wagons were still delayed on their snail-like crawl from Kansas City, and meat became so scarce that the northern Sioux sent bands of young men into the distant Black Hills to hunt, and they returned with some buffalo, but not enough to feed the hungry mob.