snippily

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/ˈsnɪpəli/

adverb

In a snippy manner.

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Meanings

adverbsnippily (comparative more snippily, superlative most snippily)

comparative more snippily · superlative most snippily

  1. In a snippy manner.

    In spring training of 1934, Bill Terry, the manager of the New York Giants, was asked about the rival Brooklyn Dodgers. “Are they still in the league?” Terry asked snippily.

    2007 September 18, Murray Chass, “To Potential Victors, Here Come the Spoilers”, in New York Times

Origin

From snippy + -ly.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with snippily

tripoliGallipolichippilydippilydrippilynippilynipplyquippilyslippilytrippilywhippilyzippily
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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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