snarly

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  1. Disposed to snarl; irritable; cross. [Colloquial] We all know that there are good-natured animals and irritable animals—that the cow is tranquil and grentle, and the hyena snarly and fretful. H. B. Stowe, Oldtown, p. 262.

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  • The snarly, bigoted, cigar-chewing dinosaur had been the curse of Trinity West for years before Clay had gone to work there. —  ClayYeager'sRedemption
  • He wasn't snarly or snarky and I don't remember him ever saying a mean word about any guest or anyone. —  The American Spectator
  • Seal area off with ten-foot fencing topped with barbed wire and patrolled by snarly, snappy guard dogs —  ParentDish
  • This involves the ghostly Bobbsey Twins, two snarly-haired little girls dressed in powder-blue party dresses gone grey in the grave. —  Pink Raygun - News, Reviews and Interviews for Fangirls...and boys
  • There's not a lot of sauntering like "Red Eyes & Tears" and "Spread Your Love" or snarly punk-tinged bits like "Whatever Happened to My Rock & Roll." —  Torrentreactor.Net
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