snootily
- adverb
- /ˈsnuːtɪli/
:
con desdén
- When asked about her promotion, she replied snootily, "I knew I'd get it; it was expected."
Examples
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The critic spoke snootily about the latest film, dismissing it as unworthy of serious attention.
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"Albert raised his chin and his eyebrows when he said it, pronouncing the word snootily through pursed lips.
Fiction book (1997) -
"We have lots of training in Big City," Wanky said snootily.
Blog text (2) -
"No one will ever bother to look at yours," Jennifer retorted snootily.
Fiction book (1992) -
"Snootily.
Fiction book (1992) -
He passes a computer room with an open door where a big man is busily typing in a program - BEAN looks at him snootily and heads on.
Fiction book (1997) -
We were led up a flight of white steps to a long, narrow room lined with grandfather clocks and portraits of prosperous Puritan merchants and rosy-faced divines in clerical neckbands, who looked down at me snootily.
Academic text (1998) -
She looked down at the new arrivals snootily, as if they did not belong in her exclusive club.
Synonyms
8
4.8
In a way that shows someone thinks they are better than other people
8
6.0
In a proud way that shows you think you are better than others
4
7.8
In a way that shows someone thinks they are better or smarter than other people
4
6.0
In a way that shows strong dislike and disrespect
3
7.3
With a look or voice that shows strong dislike and no respect
2
6.6
Behave in a proud, unfriendly way to show you feel better than others
1
8.6
Acting as if you are better than other people
1
7.7
In a proud, showy way to seem more important than others
1
8.6
Says things in a mocking, mean way that shows dislike
1
8.1
In a way that shows you do not respect someone or something
1
7.6
In a way that shows you feel better than other people
Behaving as if you are better than other people
In a way that shows someone thinks they are better than others
In a way that shows you feel better than other people
In a rude way that shows someone thinks they are better than others
In a rude way that shows you think someone is silly
Antonyms
How Snobbish
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Snootily comes from the slang snoot, which meant 'nose' and later a proud person who looks down on others, like someone 'turning up their nose'. So to act snootily is to behave in a snobbish, superior way.