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snippiest

snippiest is the superlative 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 snippiest

What is snippiest the superlative form of?
Snippiest is the superlative form of snippy.

Words near snippiest in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: snippiest (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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