Definition of Sneery

1. Adjective. (informal) Sneering, supercilious. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sneery

1. marked by sneering [adj SNEERIER, SNEERIEST]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sneery

sneed
sneeing
sneer
sneered
sneerer
sneerers
sneerful
sneerier
sneeriest
sneerily
sneeriness
sneering
sneeringly
sneerings
sneers
sneery (current term)
snees
sneesh
sneeshan
sneeshans
sneeshes
sneeshin
sneeshins
sneeze
sneezed
sneezeguard
sneezeguards
sneezer
sneezers
sneezes

Literary usage of Sneery

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Darkness and Daylight; Or, Lights and Shadows of New York Life: A Woman's by Helen Campbell, Thomas Wallace Knox, Thomas Byrnes (1892)
""He went on so with his sneery talk 'twas hard for me to make out if he was in earnest or not, — savin' how he remembered me in times way back, ..."

2. Darkness and Daylight; Or, Lights and Shadows of New York Life: A Woman's by Helen Campbell, Thomas Wallace Knox, Thomas Byrnes (1892)
"He went on so with his sneery talk 'twas hard for me to make out if he was in earnest or not, — sayin' how he remembered me in times way back, ..."

3. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1915)
"In the midst of it, Bill —perhaps because his knee pained exceedingly— looked up at Peter in the "gallery" and called out in a sneery but not very loud ..."

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