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
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
Part of Lynn Hirschberg's sniffiness in her New York Times piece was based around Maya hooking up with Ben, whose dad is Edgar Bronfman Jr, the Seagram's heir and CEO of Warners.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 12, 2010
Mr. Boltt said, and there was some sniffiness in his tones.
From Changing Winds A Novel by Ervine, St. John G. (St. John Greer)
