Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a snotty manner.

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  • adverb In a snotty manner.

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Examples

  • "I actually went into it kind of snottily," she recalls.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • “But you don’t seem so bothered now,” she said, kind of snottily if you ask me.

    Hoopi Shoopi Donna Suzanne Strempek Shea 1996

  • “Just how,” I inquired, snottily,“can you put a price on the value of a life?”

    Puff Sandra Knauf 2011

  • Anglophone children will glance anxiously at their parents if the meal deviates in even the slightest way from what they expect; what they expect is often "children's food", an alien concept in France, where a resto will snottily offer frites-nuggets to anglophone children and expect their own to eat like normal humans.

    Help! My children have grown up French 2012

  • I owe you an apology, because my previous comment was worded a bit tersely and snottily — the dangers of posting comments at the end of a long day.

    Despite and in spite of: a grammatical detective story « Motivated Grammar 2008

  • “I tried to give you another chance,” Mike said rather snottily.

    And One Last Thing… Molly Harper 2010

  • “I tried to give you another chance,” Mike said rather snottily.

    And One Last Thing… Molly Harper 2010

  • Zinda watches as Katarina snottily and authoritatively orders Barda and Huntress around, and finally, takes a spare moment to deliver the most withering criticism she can muster, in her plain-speaking way.

    Birds of Prey #104 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

  • After she remarks that he needs “She-Hulkbuster armor” he snottily says that EVERY armor is She-Hulkbuster armor.

    She-Hulk #18 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

  • On the other hand, I find it sad on places like Goodreads where book reviewers ALWAYS seem to snottily say, "This book needed a good editor."

    Some Editors Are More Anonymous Than Others Editorial Anonymous 2009

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