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snippily
adverb
informaluk /ˈsnɪp.əl.i/ us /ˈsnɪp.əl.i/
in a way that is slightly rude and impatient, and uses only a few words:
"What should I have done, then?" she asked, a little snippily.
"My only interest is that of the child, I can assure you," he said snippily.
"That's enough talking for now," I said, snippily.
"I have no desire to own anything that requires ironing," I replied snippily.
When she refused to kiss him, he would withdraw from doing anything, and snippily ignore her.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Rude and cheeky
backchat
cheekily
cheekiness
cheeky
churlishly
churlishness
coarse-grained
fruity
gall
indelicate
obnoxiously
obnoxiousness
offensively
offensiveness
pertly
sass
scatological
unceremonious
unpleasant
unprintable
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