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Definition of snailmail

snailmail

/ˈsneɪl.meɪl/
snail · mail
Past Simple:snailmailed
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Past Participle:snailmailed
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Present Participle:snailmailing
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snailmail Lexical Profile

snailmail Game Scores & Validity

• noun

1

Letters and packages carried by the conventional postal delivery system, viewed as slow in comparison to electronic mail.

Example

"The signed contract must be sent via snailmail rather than attached to an email."

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• verb

1

To send a letter, document, or package through the conventional postal system rather than electronically.

Example

"She offered to snailmail the original receipts to the accounting department."

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• Nearby Words

snail vine
snailfish
snaillike
snailmail
snake
snake gourd
snake river

Word Origin & Etymology

Coined in the early 1980s as a retronym and rhyming compound contrasting the slowness of physical postal delivery with instantaneous electronic mail.

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Snailmail. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/snailmail
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