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- adjective informal
Sneering ,supercilious .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I remember that Mark made a kind of sneery grin when I pointed all of this out.
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Hatmaker Philip Treacy at work I don't mean to be sneery, but when was the last time you saw someone well-dressed at Royal Ascot or, indeed, at any horse-racing event?
A Flashy, Positively Ghastly Spectacle Tina Gaudoin 2011
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Hatmaker Philip Treacy at work I don't mean to be sneery, but when was the last time you saw someone well-dressed at Royal Ascot or, indeed, at any horse-racing event?
A Flashy, Positively Ghastly Spectacle Tina Gaudoin 2011
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Listen for Lee's sneery introduction "You may not have heard of him… I used to be a fan" and his even more graceless response to Boyd's mild accusations.
Rewind radio: Who provided the best phone-hacking coverage? 2011
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Slightly less grateful to his partner, a sneery faced wee wifey who made a point of checking the tax disc and pointing out it had less than three weeks to run.
It’s A Car Tyre – I Can Manage – Go Away! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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That was about a sadistic parlour game practised by a group of sneery metropolitan sophisticates.
Dinner for Schmucks 2010
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So why not be happy that someone is actually donating this money, rather than being so sneery as to why, or whining that it could be more.
Mark Zuckerberg's philanthropy is reason enough to applaud him | Arianna Huffington 2010
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He was also very boastful and started to make with a very sneery litso at us all and a loud proud goloss.
Where's the show? John Myles Aavedal 2010
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I found my grizzled mask of sneery career cynicism melting into hot wet tears of confused and helpless admiration.
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It has become fashionable to be a bit sneery at this particularity, but I see nothing wrong in celebrating raw materials, so long as they're worth celebrating.
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