adjective (snappier, snappiest)
1 (of a remark, title, etc.) clever or amusing and short:
a snappy headline / title / slogan * a snappy answer / remark
2 [usuallybeforenoun] (informal) attractive and fashionable:
a snappy outfit * She's a snappy dresser.
3 (of people or their behaviour) tending to speak to people in a bad-tempered, impatient way:
Interruptions make her snappy and nervous.
4 lively; quick:
a snappy tune * a snappy tennis player
snappily adverb:
He summarized the speech snappily. * snappily dressed * 'What?' she asked snappily.
snappiness noun [U]
IDIOMS
make it snappy (informal) used to tell sb to do sth quickly or to hurry:
Come in, but make it snappy. I've got a meeting to go to.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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