adj. Slang, -i·er, -i·est.
- Rudely sarcastic or disrespectful; snide.
- Irritable or short-tempered; irascible.
[From dialectal snark, to nag, from snark, snork, to snore, snort, from Dutch and Low German snorken, of imitative origin.]
snarkily snark'i·ly adv.
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