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Meanings of sniffy in English

Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy.

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Usage of sniffy in English
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ARE, the smart set getting a bit sniffy this week about Barbados?
The Irish Times
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But his own party has been just as sniffy about vocational education.
The Guardian
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It's on his 1972 Christmas album, which normally gets sniffy write ups.
The Guardian
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Some charity chiefs are actually quite sniffy about our public efforts.
The Guardian
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He seemed a bit sniffy about it; maybe something was lost in translation.
The Irish Times
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People were much more sniffy about adding things than removing them.
The Guardian
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Other journalists get a bit sniffy when considering the role of motoring correspondents.
The Irish Times
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Bearded sniffy old men sitting and demanding that we bear children.
Main Street
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I wish now that we hadn't been so sniffy about W.M.
Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life
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We're as common as dirt-yes ,andthat sniffy lady friend of yours, too.
Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise
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Nick's sniffy manner told me he bloody well knew what a lacuna was.
The Lost Sisterhood
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Stateside footnotes: The New York Times rather sniffy review of Kodaline's Bowery Ballroom gig.
The Irish Times
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The Sunday Times was gratifying but the Times was sniffy.
The Guardian
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He only answered in monosyllables, which prompted a sniffy reaction.
Melnitz
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Maybe later on I'll get cold and critical and sniffy.
Daddy-Long-Legs
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The Dead Don't Die has prompted a more sniffy response.
The Guardian
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