adv. [f. snatching, pres. pple. of SNATCH v.] In a snatching manner; hurriedly; by snatches.
1552. Huloet, Bytynge one an other, or as snatchyngelye, morsicatim.
1588. Udall, Diotrephes (Arb.), 8. You seeme to bee so possessed with discontentment that it maketh you to speak (as it were) snatchingly.
1629. H. C., Disc. Draining Fens, A ij b. The prosecution of this businesse was … so snatchingly persued, that little fruit came thereof.
1647. Hexham, I. Snatchingly, haestelick, ofte snellick.
