snippety

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/ˈsnɪpɪti/

adjective

Made up of short snippets.

“Near-synonym: choppy”

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snippysnippedchoppysnitty
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Meanings

adjectivesnippety (comparative more snippety, superlative most snippety)

comparative more snippety · superlative most snippety · alternative snippity

  1. Made up of short snippets.

    Near-synonym: choppy

    Synonyms: snippy, snipped, choppy

  2. Irritable; impatient; short-tempered; often, in a condescending way.

    “He tole that little snippity nurse of his’n to give me ten dollars and make me sign a ‘paid in full’ receipt […]”

    1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 24, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 164

    Synonyms: snippy, snitty

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveMade up of short snippets.

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snippysnippedchoppy

adjectiveIrritable; impatient; short-tempered; often, in a condescending way.

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snippysnitty
Also see
irritablesnippysnitty

Origin

From snippet + -y.

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APA

snippety. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snippety

MLA

“snippety.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snippety. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “snippety,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snippety.

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