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snappy
adjective as in nasty, irritable
adjective as in fashionable
adjective as in fast
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“I want Ebola to leave Liberia, so I can go to school,” came the snappy retort deciphered by locals.
Dad bought Mom a snappy convertible back about the time of the Nixon-Kennedy debates.
This is a Joss Whedon production, which means lots of snappy dialogue.
But she was magnetic, and I think it was partly her actual voice—the snappy delivery, the distinctive sound.
Twain's sartorial splendor was topped off with a snappy violet bow tie.
"And make it snappy," added Mollie slangily, as she and Betty disappeared into the adjoining room.
In his hand he carried a cane, which he swung with short, snappy strokes, as a man might who was out of temper.
Siebold 127 had never seen anything quite so snappy as that.
The hand went up, the man straightened and held a fairly snappy salute.
He wrestles with problems and cares all day, and when he sits down to read in the evening, he says: "Make it short and snappy."
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On this page you'll find 144 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to snappy, such as: cross, disagreeable, edgy, fractious, hasty, and huffy.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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