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snippier

snippier is the comparative form of snippy.

Meaning of snippy

Adjective

snippy (comparative snippier, superlative snippiest)

  1. Fragmentary; snipped.
    • Near-synonym: choppy
    Synonyms:
    snippety, choppy
  2. Irritable; impatient; short-tempered; often, in a condescending way.
    Synonyms:
    snippety, snitty
  3. Stingy.
    • Near-synonyms: see Thesaurus:stingy, Thesaurus:frugal
    Synonyms:
    as tight as Dick's hatband, cheap, cheeseparing, chintzy, close, close as wax, close-fisted, illiberal, mean, miserable

Questions about snippier

What is snippier the comparative form of?
Snippier is the comparative form of snippy.

Words near snippier in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: snippier (page history and authors); snippy (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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