sniffily
In superior manner
In a haughty or disdainful manner, as if turning up one's nose: She sniffily dismissed the suggestion as beneath consideration.
The word captures the physical gesture of sniffing in contempt—a quick inhalation that signals disapproval without stooping to argument.
With scorn or derision
- superciliouslyActing superior to others
- scornfullyWith sneering contempt
- dismissivelyShowing something unworthy of consideration
- haughtilyWith disdainful superiority
snobbishly · condescendingly · patronizingly · disdainfully · arrogantly · loftily · pompously · smugly
With visible crying
- tearfullyWhile shedding tears
- emotionallyRegarding inner feelings
- quaveringlyIn a shaky manner
- tremulouslyIn a quivering manner
plaintively · mournfully · chokingly · brokenly · wistfully · shakily · waveringly · whimperingly
contemptuously
With scorn or derision
- superciliouslyActing superior to others
- scornfullyWith sneering contempt
- dismissivelyShowing something unworthy of consideration
haughtily · snobbishly · condescendingly · patronizingly · disdainfully · arrogantly · loftily · pompously · smugly · derisively
weepily
With visible crying
- tearfullyWhile shedding tears
- emotionallyRegarding inner feelings
- quaveringlyIn a shaky manner
tremulously · plaintively · mournfully · chokingly · brokenly · wistfully · shakily · waveringly · whimperingly
sniffilywarmly
With affection shown
graciously · humbly · respectfully · kindly · unpretentiously
sniffilywarmly
With affection shown
kindly · genially · affectionately · amiably · cheerfully
- sniffing outDetecting through investigation
- drug sniffing
- glue sniffingInhaling adhesive fumes intoxicatingly
- bomb sniffing