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- adverb In a
snobby manner;snobbishly .
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Examples
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In looking back on the post, I fell in the trap of snobbily turning my nose up at certain works.
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“This part of town is for people from New Jersey and underage drinkers,” she says, rather snobbily.
The Double Life is Twice as Good Jonathan Ames 2009
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“This part of town is for people from New Jersey and underage drinkers,” she says, rather snobbily.
The Double Life is Twice as Good Jonathan Ames 2009
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I am so sick of people snobbily dismissing this show and then acting like I'm lying when I tell them how great it actually is, and how much heart it has.
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Only the very wealthy could afford the feathers, which they snobbily flaunted to the point where Queen Charlotte banned them from court.
Size Matters Heather Carroll 2008
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She asked if I'd be interested in selling them, and I originally, very snobbily said, "Oh, I'll TRY but I can't see that there's a market for USED OLD PATTERNS."
June 2008 2008
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She asked if I'd be interested in selling them, and I originally, very snobbily said, "Oh, I'll TRY but I can't see that there's a market for USED OLD PATTERNS."
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The album is very good, and typical Fulks - there are barnburners like this track, a few quiet ballads, and a handful of songs showing off Fulks 'sense of humor (on the track "Countrier Than Thou", Fulks lambasts country fans who snobbily eschew anything modern, refuse to hear the word "Shania" but probably use the word "eschew").
Not a cent to waste, no rock unturned (Music (For Robots)) 2005
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The album is very good, and typical Fulks - there are barnburners like this track, a few quiet ballads, and a handful of songs showing off Fulks 'sense of humor (on the track "Countrier Than Thou", Fulks lambasts country fans who snobbily eschew anything modern, refuse to hear the word "Shania" but probably use the word "eschew").
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On a completely unrelated note, I was watching a little bit of RoboCop on cable TV last night...this is one of those movies that, even though I already own the Criterion edition DVD he said snobbily, I always feel compelled to watch at least a little bit of it whenever I come across it on TV.
Archive 2004-07-25 2004
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