sniffishly
adverb
sniffishness
noun
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Located across the street from the Manor, a 123-room faux-French extravaganza formerly owned by Aaron and Candy Spelling, Smith’s house appears almost to have been built in sniffish reaction to its neighbor.
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Robert Haskell, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022
There was always an admixture of delight, which tempered any inclination to be sniffish about the Americana that Thiebaud painted.
—Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2021
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Robert Haskell, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022
There was always an admixture of delight, which tempered any inclination to be sniffish about the Americana that Thiebaud painted.
—Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2021
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“Sniffish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sniffish. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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