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sniffy

[snif-ee] / ˈsnɪf i /










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But they have been pretty sniffy about the likelihood of it happening.

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2022

“I’d rather earn my living down at the mine,” Maggie Smith’s sniffy Dowager Countess quips.

From New York Times • May 19, 2022

It is unclear whether the president, known to be sniffy about Ivy League educations, was aware of the difference.

From Salon • Oct. 2, 2020

The other day at Starbucks, I watched strangers swipe at sniffy noses with their fists, the punch-drunk fighters of midwinter.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2020

“All right — I only came in here because people outside are behaving very childishly, racing up and down the corridors,” said Hermione in a sniffy voice.

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling




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