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Unduly brief or curt.

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Usage examples (24)
  • Except Obama, who, despite all the snippety commentary, will likely win reelection.
  • I hadn't seen mah BAAAAAWDY since nine teen sixty THREEEEE .. .snippety snip, snippety snip ....
  • I thought the snippety interaction between RDJ and Paltrow was one of the best things about this one, and the saving grace of the first.
  • And in a squeaky close race, infighting within the rank and file, both sides 'officials saying somewhat snippety things about each other, and what do you get?
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