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Adjective: sniffy (sniffier,sniffiest)  sni-fee
Usage: informal
  1. Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
    "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette";
    - disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, supercilious, swaggering, toplofty [US, informal], orgulous [archaic]

Derived forms: sniffiest, sniffier

See also: proud

Encyclopedia: Sniffy

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