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ˈsnappily, adv. [f. snappy a.] 1. Snappishly.
1890Gunter Miss Nobody xvii, ‘I may and I may not,’ he says shortly and snappily. 1898Daily News 24 Aug. 4/7 The ‘Post’ to-night snappily remarks [etc.]. 2. Smartly, nattily; crisply, deftly.
1936J. T. Farrell $1,000 a Week (1942) 141 He looked unobtrusively at two snappily dressed young fellows on his left. 1947People 22 June 5/1 Another snappily-togged Ascot-bound party of bright young things noisily piling into a glittering {pstlg}5,000 limousine. 1977‘A. Stuart’ Snap Judgement 16 A strong, blue-eyed, snappily dressed young man. 1981E. Agry Assault Force v. 53 Mac reversed the Audi snappily into the nearest driveway. |