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Snappy

adjective

Apt to speak irritably. Synonym: snappish.

Smart and fashionable. Synonym: whipping. "Some sharp and whipping lines"

Pleasantly cold and invigorating. Synonyms: crisp, frosty, nipping, nippy. "A nipping wind" , "A nippy fall day" , "Snappy weather"

Marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners. Synonyms: dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, spruce. "A jaunty red hat"

Quick and energetic. Synonyms: alert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling, spanking, zippy. "A lively gait" , "A merry chase" , "Traveling at a rattling rate" , "A snappy pace" , "A spanking breeze"

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"Snappy" Quotes from Famous Books

... his short snappy bark the whole time at the unwonted noises and the unfamiliar footsteps; he almost extinguished the canary, though ...

— The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes • Israel Zangwill

... face with its dark olive skin and just a faint trace of colour on either cheek, her snappy hazel eyes whose fire was heightened by the penciling of the eyebrows, all were a marvel of the dexterity of her artificial beautifier. And yet in spite of all there was an air of unextinguishable coarseness about her which it was difficult to describe, but easy to feel. "Her ...

— The Ear in the Wall • Arthur B. Reeve

... will you said Ethel in a snappy tone and she ran out of the room with a very superier run throwing out her legs behind and her arms ...

— The Young Visiters or, Mr. Salteena's Plan • Daisy Ashford

... his prestige threatened,—and with no profit whatever to the doomed raccoon. Prestige is nowhere held at higher premium than in the backwoods. It is the magic wand of power. The young man fired, a quick, but careful shot; and on the snappy, insignificant report, the raccoon ...

— The Watchers of the Trails - A Book of Animal Life • Charles G. D. Roberts

... troublesome baby in the nursery, and then you will see Suhinie's best. We discovered this when Ponnamal was in charge of the Neyoor nursery. Ponnamal had one small infant so cross that nobody wanted her. She would cry half the night, a snarly, snappy cry, that would not stop unless she was rocked, and began again as soon as the rocking was stopped. Ponnamal ...

— Lotus Buds • Amy Carmichael

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