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  • adverb In a snarling manner.

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snarling +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Friedrich Dürrenmatt's snarlingly cynical comedy tells the twisted tale of a hideous old millionairess who pays a visit to her poverty-stricken hometown and promises to make its citizens rich beyond the dreams of avarice—so long as they agree to murder Alfred Ill, the most popular man in town, who made the mistake of wooing and dumping her 38 years ago.

    Seen Enough of Stanley Kowalski? Me, Too Terry Teachout 2012

  • God Bless America is Goldthwait's most snarlingly subversive comedy yet.

    Marshall Fine: Live from Toronto Film Festival: Tuesday 9.14.11 Marshall Fine 2011

  • The news from News Corp. is always snarlingly good -- even when it is very bad.

    Michael Wolff: What's Really Going on Behind Murdoch's Paywall? 2010

  • It isn't what I'd call required tele, but is highly entertaining stuff, and features the handsome Richard Armitage who always reminds me rather of pictures of my late father as a young man as a snarlingly villainous Guy of Gisborne, which is reason enough in itself to watch a bit of harmless-fun tv.

    Happy Easter! Imogen 2009

  • It isn't what I'd call required tele, but is highly entertaining stuff, and features the handsome Richard Armitage who always reminds me rather of pictures of my late father as a young man as a snarlingly villainous Guy of Gisborne, which is reason enough in itself to watch a bit of harmless-fun tv.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Imogen 2009

  • Having trashed Hillary as a vile, racist witch (and worse — far worse) for the better part of a year and snarlingly dismissed myself and other Hillary supporters as racist, white-trash goons, how do you propose to convince us to vote for BO?

    Hillary Defends Obama From McCain's Hamas Attack 2009

  • Having trashed Hillary as a vile, racist witch (and worse — far worse) for the better part of a year and snarlingly dismissed myself and other Hillary supporters as racist, white-trash goons, how do you propose to convince us to vote for BO?

    Hillary: I Might Take Fight Over Florida And Michigan To Convention! 2009

  • Like Mr. McDonagh's "The Lieutenant of Inishmore," which scored a similar success when the Atlantic produced it in 2006, "The Cripple of Inishmaan" is a snarlingly black comedy whose subject is stage-Irishness, the smotheringly quaint charm that continues to be used, in Ireland and elsewhere, to paper over the harsh realities of village life.

    Two Looks at the Luck of the Irish 2009

  • Having trashed Hillary as a vile, racist witch (and worse — far worse) for the better part of a year and snarlingly dismissed myself and other Hillary supporters as racist, white-trash goons, how do you propose to convince us to vote for BO?

    Hillary: I Might Take Fight Over Florida And Michigan To Convention! 2009

  • Having trashed Hillary as a vile, racist witch (and worse — far worse) for the better part of a year and snarlingly dismissed myself and other Hillary supporters as racist, white-trash goons, ...

    Hillary: I Might Take Fight Over Florida And Michigan To Convention! 2009

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