Adjective: snippy
Comparison Forms
Synthetic
| Comparative | snippier |
| Superlative | snippiest |
Perifrastic
Sample Sentences
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Near-synonym: choppy
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Near-synonyms: see Thesaurus:stingy, Thesaurus:frugal
Adjectives inflected like snippy
syrupy,
seemly,
seggsy,
snuffy,
snippy,
snitty,
sniffy,
snotty,
snouty,
snobby,
snoozy,
snooty,
snazzy,
snappy,
snarky,
snarly,
snassy,
snaily,
snacky,
snaggy, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
From snip + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian snippig, snippich (“short, brief, blunt”), Dutch snippig (“snippy, shrill”), German Low German snippig (“snippy, snappy”), German schnippisch (“snippy, snappy”). See: German Adjectives '
schnippisch'.