Snap·pish a.
1. Apt to snap at persons or things; eager to bite; as, a snapping cur.
2. Sharp in reply; apt to speak angrily or testily; easily provoked; tart; peevish.
The taunting address of a snappish misanthrope. --Jeffrey.
-- Snap*pish*ly, adv. -- Snap*pish*ness, n.
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snappishly
adv : in an ill-natured and snappish manner; "`Don't talk to me
now,' she said snappishly"