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snappingly, adv.|ˈsnæpɪŋlɪ| [Cf. prec.] With a snap or snaps; snappishly. Also, briskly, smartly. Cf. snappily adv. 2.
1567Drant Horace, Ep. B vij, He redeth them so fearse, And doth theire workes so snapingly and snatchingly rehearse. 1884J. Parker Apost. Life III. 13 When was ‘Good-bye’ said quite snappingly and briefly and with abruptness? 1896Westm. Gaz. 12 Dec. 1 Numerous dogs of every breed and aggressiveness career snappingly about. 1976Gramophone Dec. 1016/1 The second subject [is] held in a more or less strict tempo but flecked with fine, subliminally caught colours, the mordents now fluttering like spread acciaccaturas, now expressive, now snappingly exact. 1978Ibid. Apr. 1756/2 Bernstein, as one would expect, is ideally alive and snappingly rhythmic at the opening of the last movement's allegro section. |