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   snap·py

   /ˈsnapē/

   adjective

   • 1. irritable and inclined to speak sharply; snappish: "anything unusual made her snappy and nervous" Similar irritableirascibleshort-temperedhot-temperedquick-temperedfierypeevishcrosscrabbedcrabbycrotchetycantankerousimpatientgrumpyhuffybrusqueill-temperedbad-temperedill-naturedill-humoredtouchyvolatiletestytetchysnarlingwaspishpricklycrustypepperybiliousliverishdyspepticspleneticcholericinformal:snappishchippygrouchycrankyon a short fusenarkyrattyeggylike a bear with a sore headpeckishsoreheadedsnakyinformal, dated:miffyOpposite good-naturedpeaceable
   • 2. cleverly concise; neat: "snappy catchphrases" Similar concisesuccinctmemorablecatchyneatclevercrisppithywittyincisivebriefshortshort and sweetsharptersecurtlaconicaphoristicepigrammaticOpposite long-winded
   • ▪ neat and elegant: "a snappy dresser" Similar smartwell dressedwell turned outbesuitedfashionably dressedfashionablestylishchicmodishelegantneatsprucetrimdapperdebonairsoignéinformal:snazzynattysharpniftycoolwith itkickingkickytonyflyspiffysassystylin'on fleekdated:as if one had just stepped out of a bandboxinformal, dated:swaggerarchaic:trigOpposite slovenly

   Derivatives

   • 1. snappily adverb
   • 2. snappiness noun

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