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adj. - Befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior.

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  • I've been told that people at the UPenn can be classified as snobby ...?
  • Williams can be as quiet, shy and awkward as any Valley wunderkind, but somehow he's never called snobby or aloof.
  • Or they would expect her to be a kind of snobby kid and she wanted to lead her own life.
  • "Iowans are kind of snobby about this," she said, laughing.
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