snickery

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for snickery
Adjective
  • Chick lit was flippant and fizzy and fun, above all, as effervescent and guiltless as a vodka soda.
    Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 4 May 2026
  • During his Monday night Daily Show episode, the political comic blasted the POTUS’ flippant attitude toward his largely unfavorable military decisions in the SWANA region.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • In Game 4, the trouble began just one minute into the game, with two soft foul calls on Karl-Anthony Towns, which kicked off 23 minutes of slapstick basketball.
    Kyle Wagner, New York Daily News, 11 June 2026
  • For every moment of slapstick body comedy, there is an equally devastating scene of heartbreak.
    Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026
Adjective
  • This is amusing but understandable; in an era where commodity fetishism has turned analog, low-budget cinema into something aspirational, Jenkin has made no compromises for accessibility.
    Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 17 June 2026
  • Regal bontebok were replaced by stout warthogs, whose amusing visages quickly filled my camera roll.
    Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2026
Adjective
  • More than 2,200 theaters throughout the country showed the eighth episode and never-before-seen series finale of the zany online series from Australian animation studio Glitch Productions.
    Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
  • Schlossberg, whose zany social media antics and Kennedy lineage brought national eyes to the race, has cast himself as an fresh face to a party searching for stars during Trump’s second term.
    Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 5 June 2026
Adjective
  • The show is gloriously nonsensical: a vague excuse to watch a revolving door of spotlight-hungry pussycats prancing their paws to Webber’s waggish earworms.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The waggish jeer that subverts the Reich Chancellery, designed by Adolf Hitler's chief architect, Albert Speer, must have sent the woman who chastises children for flatulent folly into a tizzy.
    Natasha Gural, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The Black characters that appeared on-screen closely resembled the clownish stereotypes popularized by the minstrels.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The clownish dance is a Fortnite video game gesture, and involves making an L shape with fingers, pressing it to one’s forehead, then high kicking from side to side.
    Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • The Rabbit Hole is more playful, with its games room, pool table, ping pong and private bar, seemingly designed for long nights and bad decisions.
    Arion McNicoll, TheWeek, 15 June 2026
  • The result was a sleek white ruffled top, when worn with matching trousers felt both modern and refreshing while another floral skirt embodied a playful feminine energy that personified warm weather dressing.
    Diana Tsui, Footwear News, 15 June 2026
Adjective
  • His posture is authoritative without being imposing, his voice warm without being facetious.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Powell was, of course, being facetious, as the low-quality videos featured the actor as a teen running and jumping in the street and lip-syncing to the song while wearing a yacht captain’s hat.
    Rachel DeSantis, PEOPLE, 17 Nov. 2025
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“Snickery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snickery. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.

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