snickery

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adjective

Resembling or characterized by snickers.

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Meanings

adjectivesnickery (comparative more snickery, superlative most snickery)

comparative more snickery · superlative most snickery

  1. Resembling or characterized by snickers.

    Despite — perhaps because of — the emphasis on technical and spiritual purity, the comedies tend to get their laughs through a snickery preoccupation with sex.

    1962, Gerald Weales, American Drama Since World War II, page 109

Origin

From snicker + -y.

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APA

snickery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snickery

MLA

“snickery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snickery. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “snickery,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snickery.

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