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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: apt to speak irritably; "a snappish tone of voice" [syn: snappish, snappy]
2: smart and fashionable; "snappy conversation"; "some sharp and whipping lines" [syn: snappy, whipping]
3: pleasantly cold and invigorating; "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day"; "snappy weather" [syn: crisp, frosty, nipping, nippy, snappy]
4: marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat" [syn: dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy, spruce]
5: quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze" [syn: alert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy]

Merriam Webster's

adjective (snappier; -est) Date: 1746 1. snappish 1 2. a. quickly made or done <a snappy decision> b. marked by vigor or liveliness <snappy dialogue> c. briskly cold d. stylish, smart <a snappy dresser> • snappily adverb • snappiness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (snappier, snappiest) colloq. 1 brisk, full of zest. 2 neat and elegant (a snappy dresser). 3 snappish. Phrases and idioms: make it snappy be quick about it. Derivatives: snappily adv. snappiness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Snappy Snap"py, a. Snappish. [Colloq.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(snappier, snappiest) 1. If someone has a snappy style of speaking, they speak in a quick, clever, brief, and often funny way. Each film gets a snappy two-line summary. ADJ: usu ADJ n 2. If someone is a snappy dresser or if they wear snappy clothes, they wear smart, stylish clothes. She has already made a name for herself as a snappy dresser. ADJ: ADJ n

Moby Thesaurus

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