snappier; snappiest
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plural -es
: the quality or state of being snappy
Examples of snappy in a Sentence
Adjective
a car with a snappy engine
The show is well-acted, and the dialogue is snappy.
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24 June 2026
In the past, nWave films tended to be all about snappy dialogs and babbling protagonists.
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Kevin Giraud,
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21 June 2026
That’s thanks to the show’s terrific cast, of course, but the actors are given a lot to work with in the smart, snappy scripts.
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Adjective
The Lenovo ThinkBook 16 Gen 8 laptop shows up ready to work with a snappy Intel Core Ultra 7 processor, insane 32GB of RAM, and spacious 2TB SSD in its (figurative) briefcase.
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K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
24 June 2026
In the past, nWave films tended to be all about snappy dialogs and babbling protagonists.
—
Kevin Giraud,
Variety,
21 June 2026
That’s thanks to the show’s terrific cast, of course, but the actors are given a lot to work with in the smart, snappy scripts.
—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
21 June 2026
The guns feel as snappy as ever, too.
—
George Yang,
Space.com,
15 June 2026
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“Snappy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snappy. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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