Definition of "sniffy" [sniffy]

• Informal Disposed to showing arrogance or contempt; haughty. (adjective)

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• "Likewise, my exquisite abode in sniffy San Miguel."
• "The only man with whom she had ever come in contact was her uncle, and he might have been described as a sniffy old man with a cold;"
• "Well — kind of sniffy on personal lines, like he made work about the place and was late for meals."