sniffiness
- a word derived from sniffy.
Example Sentences
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“Internationally there is a sniffiness about the MLS. Like, ‘It’s football, but it’s not quite the football we know,’” Martin said.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2025
"There can still be a sniffiness about a certain urban, grungy language."
From BBC • May 28, 2023
It missed bigger categories but analysts attributed that to Oscar voters’ sniffiness about the film’s television-focused distributor, Netflix.
From The Guardian • Jan. 23, 2018
Establishment sniffiness might make the hackles rise, make us feel the need to defend one of our own, but that defensive proprietorial attitude is finally misplaced.
From BBC • Jun. 24, 2013
Mr. Boltt said, and there was some sniffiness in his tones.
From Changing Winds A Novel by Ervine, St. John G. (St. John Greer)
