Definition of snarky

perfunctory Definition: (adjective) unenthusiastic, routine, or mechanical. Petersons.com

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snark·y    (snärk) KEY  

ADJECTIVE:
Slang snark·i·er , snark·i·est

Irritable or short-tempered; irascible.

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ETYMOLOGY:
From dialectal snark, to nag, from snark, snork, to snore, snort, from Dutch and Low German snorken, of imitative origin

OTHER FORMS:
snarki·ly (Adverb)

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