sniffish
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of sniffish
Example Sentences
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There was always an admixture of delight, which tempered any inclination to be sniffish about the Americana that Thiebaud painted.
From Washington Post
Moralistically sniffish, Cusins resists Undershaft's blandishments until the cagey old dialectician storms, "Dare you make war on war?"
From Time Magazine Archive
State Department had been consistently sniffish and standoffish toward them; were they still to be ignored?
From Time Magazine Archive
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