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Snappishly

adverb

In an ill-natured and snappish manner.

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"Snappishly" Quotes from Famous Books

... Neale O'Neil to hang up his stocking with theirs, but he refused—rather gruffly, it must be confessed. Mrs. MacCall and Uncle Rufus, however, were prevailed upon to add their hose to the line. Aunt Sarah rather snappishly objected to "exposing her stockings to the public view, whether on or off the person,"—so ...

— The Corner House Girls at School • Grace Brooks Hill

... said Mr. Glegg, rather snappishly, "then we'll do without you. I shall go with you to see this Salt," he added, turning ...

— The Mill on the Floss • George Eliot

... that lesson at the poor-house years ago," said she one day to Rose, who snappishly replied, "I'd shut up about the poor-house, or they'll think you the pauper instead of ...

— The English Orphans • Mary Jane Holmes

... snappishly, "they are gone now, and what have we to do to heed such toys, we with all this grief and strife on our hands? Now would I be alone to turn the matter of thine errand over in my mind. Meantime do thou tell the shipmaster ...

— The Wood Beyond the World • William Morris

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