Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Made up of snippets.
- adjective Informal Snippy; impertinent.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Insignificant; ridiculously small; fragmentary.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Ridiculously small; petty.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Made up of short
snippets - adjective
irritable ,snappy
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Examples
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I thought the snippety interaction between RDJ and Paltrow was one of the best things about this one, and the saving grace of the first.
iron man 2 intertribal 2010
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I thought the snippety interaction between RDJ and Paltrow was one of the best things about this one, and the saving grace of the first.
intertribal: iron man 2 intertribal 2010
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Except Obama, who, despite all the snippety commentary, will likely win reelection.
On to New Hampshire! Joel Achenbach 2010
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Except Obama, who, despite all the snippety commentary, will likely win reelection.
On to New Hampshire! Joel Achenbach 2010
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The greater question is “Why exactly are you in all seriousness (and I would assume with integrity?) wasting our valuable time with such snippety garbage?”
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I hadn't seen mah BAAAAAWDY since nine teen sixty THREEEEE .. .snippety snip, snippety snip ....
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And in a squeaky close race, infighting within the rank and file, both sides 'officials saying somewhat snippety things about each other, and what do you get?
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Zenor nodded and took off gladly, not wanting to listen to more of Tarik's snippety As he left, he heard Danil's voice above the others, "Do you suppose your replacement is also in the caravan, Jofri?"
Dragon's Kin McCaffrey, Anne 2003
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But, Lord! when you point a girl out in the car and say, 'Well, ain't that girl got the most gorgeous head of hair you ever saw in your life?' and your wife says: 'Yes -- Jordan is selling them puffs six for a dollar seventy-five this winter,' she ain't intending to be snippety at all.
The Indiscreet Letter Eleanor Hallowell Abbott 1915
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Why, when I was first married I used to think that my wife was awful snippety about other women.
The Indiscreet Letter Eleanor Hallowell Abbott 1915
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