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Definition of snarky adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

snarky

adjective
 
/ˈsnɑːki/
 
/ˈsnɑːrki/
(snarkier, snarkiest)
(especially North American English, informal)
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  1. criticizing somebody in an unkind way
    • a snarky remark
    Oxford Collocations DictionarySnarky is used with these nouns:
    • comment
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    Word Originearly 20th cent.: from dialect verb snark ‘snore, snort’, ‘find fault’.
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