snappiness

Definition of snappinessnext

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Noun
  • Over the summer, Lawrence, like other college cities, switches from the liveliness of young students to the day-to-day of residents who have made a life there.
    PJ Green June 13, Kansas City Star, 13 June 2026
  • Many of the streets seem narrower than those in Forza Horizon 6‘s Tokyo, and have some more traffic, too, which helps contribute a sense of scale and liveliness to the world.
    Adam Ismail, The Drive, 11 June 2026
Noun
  • Energy and vivacity mixed with a real knowledge of music, far different from her own.
    Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2026
  • Through their final moments, too, these butterflies maintain an unusual vivacity.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026
Noun
  • Cloaked in a dress that looked like it was made of gold coins, and that seemed to give her a jauntiness on the ice, Liu completed a strenuous seven triple jumps.
    Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • As this sequence plays out, the social fabric further shreds and unravels; trust circles shrink and become ever more homogeneous; and hostility, mean spiritedness, and a general hardening take hold in society.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 May 2026
  • This is a year for ensuring that your personal style reflects your spiritedness, heart, and creative eye.
    Maressa Brown, InStyle, 9 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • On the other hand, Europeans had good things to say not only about downtown walkability, but also about the vibrancy of their city centers.
    Katharina Buchholz, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • Didier Roux, president of Francéclat, highlighted the vibrancy of the country’s jewelry and fine jewelry industry.
    Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) recently released new animations showing plans for the Southwest 10th Street Connector, a project that would dramatically transform the roadway between I-95 and the Sawgrass Expressway.
    Joan Murray, CBS News, 23 June 2026
  • Through a connection, Jobs stumbled upon what was then the computer animation division of Star Wars creator George Lucas’ production company Lucasfilm and was immediately impressed, wrote Walter Isaacson in his biography of the Apple cofounder.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • But Alcock is no John Wayne or Jeff Bridges, and Ridley lacks the spunk of Kim Darby and Hailee Steinfeld.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 24 June 2026
  • Hsu’s voice performance also gives Kristen spunk in these scenes, while Sharpe brings an unexpected vulnerability to AJ.
    Marya E. Gates, IndieWire, 13 May 2026
Noun
  • The crowd shook her car with such vigor that the 23-year-old Westminster resident couldn’t turn up the music like people shouted at her to do.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
  • Gorlin-Crenshaw notes that cool temperatures, such as those below 60 degrees Fahrenheit, will slow plant development and reduce plant vigor.
    SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 18 June 2026
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“Snappiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snappiness. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.

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