¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Snatchy
1. occurring irregularly [adj SNATCHIER, SNATCHIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Snatchy
Literary usage of Snatchy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Science of Fly Fishing and Spinning by Frederick George Shaw (1915)
"... and a jerky forward impulse given to the rod after it starts, and the rest of
the forward action be continued as before, this snatchy action will cause ..."
2. The Best Plays by Burns Mantle, Louis Kronenberger (1921)
"You see, my life with you has been colorful, but snatchy. It has been more like
the experience of a playgoer. ..."
3. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1886)
"There are some books which by their nature lend themselves to a snatchy method
of perusal, and a few minutes may often be well employed in reading an ode of ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1860)
"... of a modern tale : poetry, of course, it is impossible to call these snatchy
conversations put into rhyme; but they are cleverly done notwithstanding. ..."
5. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1891)
"He is generally considered a mockingbird, and does make use of the notes of
différent birds, delivering them in snatchy, disconnected fashion. ..."
Other Resources:
