snipey – English adjective declension

English adjective forms of snipey

Adjective: snipey

Comparison Forms

Synthetic

Comparativesnipier
Superlativesnipiest

Perifrastic

Sample Sentences

  • The fowler wends his way at dusk to some favourite "snipey" spot, and beats the ground while he carries the net about three feet off the earth. [1897, Hugh Alexander Macpherson, A History of Fowling:]
  • He knew the snipey corners for five miles round, and could move unerringly on the tuft or ditch where the wisp of birds would be found. [1923, Shane Leslie, Doomsland, page 68:]
  • Started early with the Doc for the island and soon get to the snipey place. [2015, Kellen Cutsforth, Buffalo Bill, Boozers, Brothels, and Bare-Knuckle Brawlers, →ISBN:]
  • Curiously, some of the best fox-killers I have encountered lacked the bull terrier heads of the type bred by Breay, and some were decidedly mousy in appearance, with narrow, snipey jaws. [1998, Brian Plummer, The Fell Terrier, →ISBN, page 30:]
  • Lack of chin, too narrow, snipey muzzle [2000, Shirlee Kalstone, Poodle Clipping and Grooming: The International Reference, →ISBN, page 59:]
  • There is a slight degree of chiseling under the eyes, but not so much as to result in a weak or snipey foreface. [2009, Richard G. Beauchamp, Bichon Frise, →ISBN, page 10:]
  • You don't have to be so snipey, you know. [2001, Penelope Miller, Yesterday's Sorrow, →ISBN, page 181:]
  • I was a very mean, snipey, overbearing person who gets murdered at the end. [2009, Rosemary Jackson, Rosey's Ramblings, →ISBN, page 143:]
  • And I don't mean to sound snipey but Gemma and me have both been working really hard lately – I was in the salon from half-seven this morning and I didn't finish till seven this evening, and I bet Gemma had an equally long day. [2011, Katie Price, Angel Uncovered, →ISBN, page 173:]

Adjectives inflected like snipey

snipey, scaley, smiley, slicey, slimey, slatey, shitey, blowsey, plaguey, breezey, schemey, smudgey, smidgey, douchey, greasey, cabbagey, chocolatey, cliquey, squiggley, dog-whistley, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)

Etymology

From snipe + -y.