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Definition of Snippety
1. a. Ridiculously small; petty.
Definition of Snippety
1. Adjective. Made up of short snippets ¹
2. Adjective. irritable, snappy ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Snippety
1. snippy [adj -PETIER, -PETIEST] - See also: snippy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Snippety
Literary usage of Snippety
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pictorial Practical Rose Growing: A Concise Guide Describing the Propagation by Walter Page Wright (1902)
"snippety-snip no longer rules the roost, for it has been found that the Marechal
thrives the best when hard pruned back every year. ..."
2. The Bookman (1895)
"... with accompanying portraits, which for inaccuracies and inadequacy and for
its snippety form and slipshod style —commend us to a sensational newspaper. ..."
3. History of Zionism, 1600-1918 by Nahum Sokolow (1919)
"... the unadulterated, for race, nationality, genius loci, for everything racy
and natural, and for everything that was not cliche, mechanical and snippety. ..."
4. Realities and Ideals: Social, Political, Literary and Artistic by Frederic Harrison (1908)
"... test of the mental calibre of the sex is to be found by their interest in the
gossip of the lobbies, or the snippety criticisms of third-rate magazines. ..."
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