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  • adverb With sniggers; with sardonic laughter.

Etymologies

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sniggering +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • It's kind of like your BT colleague "Neo Conservative" perpetually getting publicly weepy over Canadian military dead while sniggeringly dismissing their deaths at the same time.

    And we'll never forget ... uh, what's her name. CC 2009

  • Not to mention the fact that referring to "steffi" or "iggy" or "Boob Rae" is de rigueur there, because it is sniggeringly funny, just a joke and why are you lefties getting your panties in a bunch.

    There are no words ... CC 2008

  • So one never wants to be at another dinner party and asked sniggeringly "What do you do? and What is your Business Model?"

    1.0 Bears vs 2.0 Bulls Ben Barren 2006

  • So one never wants to be at another dinner party and asked sniggeringly "What do you do? and What is your Business Model?"

    Archive 2006-07-01 Ben Barren 2006

  • "She'd smile at him more if he replaced his veil with a mirror," one servant sniggeringly observed.

    The Mad Ship Hobb, Robin 1999

  • A couple of them then came forward to me sniggeringly, satisfied that they were not to be reported to Peking or wherever their commander-in-chief may have his residence -- they probably had no more idea than I had.

    Across China on Foot Edwin John Dingle 1926

  • Glancing round with an imbecile smile, you sniggeringly observe that "it hasn't got much hair has it?"

    Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow 1893

  • It turned out that the charitable types were then able to hold up a 5lb weight significantly longer than those who sniggeringly trousered the cash.

    The Register Team Register 2010

  • It turned out that the charitable types were then able to hold up a 5lb weight significantly longer than those who sniggeringly trousered the cash.

    The Register Team Register 2010

  • It provides thrillingly brutal, sniggeringly comical side-scrolling action, with just enough thoughtfulness to raise it comfortably above novelty status.

    Pocket Gamer | www.pocketgamer.co.uk | Latest additions 2010

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