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snarly

[snahr-lee] / ˈsnɑr li /


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Her understated androgyny was paired with a shout-singing vocal style that had a snarly, monotone curl laced with abandon and disregard for convention.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025

She was a bit snarly at first, he added.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 1, 2022

Because quick as you please, he returns, all grody and snarly.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 4, 2019

On TV, the snarly, petulant Paul, with his sprig of retro forehead curls, looked like a mummified Dorian Gray dressed by Sears Roebuck, circa 1959.

From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2016

“Oh, that’s right,” Katherine said, almost in the same snarly cat-fight voice she used when she was mad at her friends.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

When that rockabilly figure went on his long hiatus, the band morphed into Switchblade, still one of the snarliest, gnarliest bands to come out of D.C.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2022

He's the gruffest, snarliest, biggest man I ever knew—meaner than the devil, and the best friend on top of earth.

From The Glory of the Conquered The Story of a Great Love by Susan Glaspell


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