snootily, adv.
(ˈsnuːtɪlɪ)
[f. snooty a. + -ly2.]
In a snooty manner, superciliously.
| 1940 ‘G. Orwell’ Let. 16 Apr. in Coll. Essays (1968) II. 22, I get quite a lot of letters..from people snootily pointing out some mistake I've made. 1954 Koestler Invisible Writing iii. xix. 220 And now, when I am down, you snootily refuse to help me with my business. 1961 Guardian 29 Mar. 14/3 An old lady..remarked..rather snootily..‘It's where you were born that counts.’ 1980 I. Hunter Malcolm Muggeridge ii. 36 Vidler was unimpressed by all this and replied somewhat snootily, rejecting all his arguments. |