[f. SNARL sb.2 or v.2] Inclined to snarl; irritable, cross. Also transf.
1798. Monthly Mag., VI. 346. My wine’s a cure for anguish, My sword for snarly puppies.
1827–. in Eng. Dial. Dict.
1838. Penny Cycl., XII. 400/2. He [a mad dog] grows sullen and snarly; he … runs about wildly, biting at whatever approaches him.
1869. Mrs. Stowe, Oldtown Folks, xxii. 262. We all know that … the hyena [is] snarly and fretful.
1879. E. M. Cole, Place-names, 31. The weather is said to be ‘snarly’ when there is a keen cutting wind in Winter.
