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Definition of Sniffly
1. Adjective. Liable to sniffle.
Definition of Sniffly
1. Adjective. Inclined to sniffle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sniffly
1. that sniffles [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sniffly
Literary usage of Sniffly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Public Health Protection by Henry Bixby Hemenway, Edwin Frederick Bowers, Mary Sewall Gardner (1916)
"But little, sniffly, piffling measles, and its grim sequelae of tuberculosis,
and eye, ear, and kidney troubles, attracts little or no attention. ..."
2. Putnam's Magazine (1909)
"... than the side of a door,—better even than a perfectly willing pillow, that
she stopped crying altogether save for an occasional sniffly little sob. ..."
3. Putnam's Magazine (1909)
"... than the side of a door,—better even than a perfectly willing pillow, that
she stopped crying altogether save for an occasional sniffly little sob. ..."
4. A Girl's Wanderings in Hungary by H. Ellen Browning (1897)
"Neither this, however, nor the sniffly, nasal performances of the choir, could
detract from a certain poetic solemnity in this service in the plain, ..."
5. Me and Myn by Samuel Rutherford Crockett (1907)
"... I prefer that to your sniffly, cry-the-floor-damp girl. But at the feeding-place
we went to they behaved all right. The Jersey treat was a big success, ..."
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