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snippety

/ˈsnɪpɪti/

snippety adjective: made up of short snippets.

Adjective

snippety (comparative more snippety, superlative most snippety)

  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

snippety meaning in Tamil

snippety in Tamil

சிறுதிறமான

Synonyms of snippety

Forms of snippety

comparativemore snippety
superlativemost snippety
alternative formsnippity

Origin of snippety

From snippet + -y.

Words formed from snippety

Questions about snippety

What does snippety mean?
Snippety means made up of short snippets.
What is snippety in Tamil?
Snippety in Tamil is சிறுதிறமான. See Snippety meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is snippety?
Snippety is an adjective.
How do you pronounce snippety?
Snippety is pronounced /ˈsnɪpɪti/.

Words near snippety in the dictionary

  1. snippetiness
  2. snippeting
  3. snippets
  4. snippetted
  5. snippetting
  6. snippety
  7. snippier
  8. snippiest
  9. snippily
  10. snippiness
  11. snipping

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Adapted from Wiktionary: snippety (page history and authors); snippety (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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