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snappy

/ˈsnæpi/ adjective C1
  1. Rapid and without delay. (informal) · a snappy response· Make it snappy!
  2. Irritable. (informal) · You're snappy this morning; did you not sleep well?
  3. Tidy; well-dressed; sharp. (informal) · Here he is, looking snappy in his brand-new suit.
  4. Chilly, brisk, sharp. · snappy weather; snappy pace; snappy rejoinder
  5. Tending to snap or bite. · a snappy dog
  6. Clever, catchy. · a snappy motto

Comparative snappier · Superlative snappiest

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With a snappy “Good-morning, Pitcher,” Maxwell dashed at his desk as though he were intending to leap over it, and then plunged into the great heap of letters and telegrams waiting there for him.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 16 · C1

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