snappier; snappiest
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Examples of snappy in a Sentence
a car with a snappy engine
The show is well-acted, and the dialogue is snappy.
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Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 27 Nov. 2023
His authenticity has paid off — Mishra has become a meme with his snappy one-liners, and is considered a heartthrob to his predominantly female fanbase.
—Daysia Tolentino, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2023
The title track is a fun trifle from the band’s brief but respectable flirtation with disco, highlighted by a snappy Watts groove and a playful Jagger falsetto.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 17 Oct. 2023
The new entry-level speaker boasts many of the same Alexa smarts as other Echo devices, along with snappy performance and a great design that can add a pop of color to any room in your home (sorry, not sorry).
—Brandon Widder, The Verge, 31 Aug. 2023
This quick and easy recipe pairs blanched pole beans with snappy radish slices.
—Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 4 Nov. 2023
Valencia thinks that the short, snappy tees could be a signal of our reliance on social media and our ever-shortening attention spans.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2023
In addition to offering snappy performance and great cameras, Apple has a history of providing software updates to its older iPhones for several years.
—Brandon Russell, Popular Mechanics, 5 Sep. 2023
With a low-latency wireless connection using a compact USB-A dongle (which can slot into the keyboard when traveling), the board feels perfectly snappy in games.
—Mark Knapp, PCMAG, 4 Sep. 2023
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First Known Use
1746, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing snappy
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“Snappy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snappy. Accessed 9 Dec. 2023.
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