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snickery

snickery adjective: resembling or characterized by snickers.

Adjective

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

Forms of snickery

comparativemore snickery
superlativemost snickery

Origin of snickery

From snicker + -y.

Questions about snickery

What does snickery mean?
Snickery means resembling or characterized by snickers.
What part of speech is snickery?
Snickery is an adjective.

Words near snickery in the dictionary

  1. Snickers salad
  2. Snickers salads
  3. Snickerses
  4. snickersnee
  5. snickersnees
  6. snickery
  7. snicket
  8. snickets
  9. snicking
  10. snicking or sneeing
  11. snickle

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