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snatchy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈsnæt͡ʃi/

Etymology

From snatch + -y.

Meanings

1. In snatches or glimpses.
   • In positioning the branches, remember that the foliage should be arranged to give snatchy views of the two trunks all the way to the top. 1990, Kan Yashiroda, Bonsai: Special Techniques, page 18:
   • We listen to a snatchy talk on one thing and then another, and abstruse questions that are like the Scotchman's definition of metaphysics. 1902, Amanda Minnie Douglas, A Sherburne quest, page 332:
   • The long-desired vision came first to Peter in Galilee in the morning twilight, and something of the kind perhaps happened to others; but of all this we have only garbled and snatchy reports. 1922, G. Stanley Hall, Jesus, the Christ, in the Light of Psychology:
2. Resembling or characteristic of a snatching or grabbing.
   • a snatchy gesture

Forms

Deriveds

snatchily · snatchiness