Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

snippily

/ˈsnɪpəli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: snip-pi-ly
IPA: /ˈsnɪpəli/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a snippy manner.

Example Sentences

"In spring training of 1934, Bill Terry, the manager of the New York Giants, was asked about the rival Brooklyn Dodgers. “Are they still in the league?” Terry asked snippily."

Etymology

From snippy + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: snippy

Inflected Forms

more snippily (comparative) most snippily (superlative)

Rhymes With

tripoli gallipoli drippily nippily slippily nipply zippily trippily

Questions

How do you pronounce snippily?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsnɪpəli/.
What does snippily mean?: In a snippy manner.
Where does snippily come from?: From snippy + -ly.

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