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  • adverb In a snippy manner.

Etymologies

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snippy +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Butler had alerted the bank to increase their security, even giving them descriptions of Raynor and Findlay, and had been rather snippily told that The Covington Bank, sir, always operates under the highest level of security available.

    Starcraft II: Devils’ Due Christie Golden 2011

  • Butler had alerted the bank to increase their security, even giving them descriptions of Raynor and Findlay, and had been rather snippily told that The Covington Bank, sir, always operates under the highest level of security available.

    Starcraft II: Devils’ Due Christie Golden 2011

  • "Asian women," she declares snippily, "will date white men that no white woman will touch" -- the kind of generalization that carries its own whiff of bias.

    Review: 'Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven' at Studio Theatre Peter Marks 2010

  • You got Skittles playing my part, and it has been duly noted, Flashy commented snippily.

    Stealing Candy Allison Hobbs 2010

  • Lollipop will be back up for auction again as soon as I can get her in her costume, Flashy said snippily, picking up the pair of white beaded heels.

    Stealing Candy Allison Hobbs 2010

  • "You know, if I was an executive producer and I was developing a show that was competing against at least two other shows [for the timeslot], I would try to get the wife of the CEO on it," one critic responded - a bit snippily, we think.

    CBS's new daytime show: It's not 'The View,' it's 'The Talk' 2010

  • “And what might that be?” she asked, a little too snippily.

    One Flight Up Susan Fales-Hill 2010

  • Lollipop will be back up for auction again as soon as I can get her in her costume, Flashy said snippily, picking up the pair of white beaded heels.

    Stealing Candy Allison Hobbs 2010

  • “And what might that be?” she asked, a little too snippily.

    One Flight Up Susan Fales-Hill 2010

  • You got Skittles playing my part, and it has been duly noted, Flashy commented snippily.

    Stealing Candy Allison Hobbs 2010

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