sniffy
Example Sentences
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But they have been pretty sniffy about the likelihood of it happening.
From BBC • Sep. 29, 2022
It’s easy now to be a little sniffy about Neville Marriner’s achievements with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, a partnership renowned as the most recorded in history.
From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2022
Born in New York, his father a Jewish writer-publicist and his mother a teacher from Scotland, he earned a fine pedigree — sniffy, private collegiate, summa cum laude at Princeton, MFA from Yale.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2021
It is unclear whether the president, known to be sniffy about Ivy League educations, was aware of the difference.
From Salon • Oct. 2, 2020
The clothes were a bit sniffy, but then, from my meager experience with Chase, it seemed that eight-year-old boys could be a bit sniffy themselves.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
