a. Also -etty, -ity. [f. SNIPPET.] Of the nature of, suggestive of, a snippet or snippets; composed of snippets or scraps.
1864. Spectator, 10 Dec., 1406/1. The snippety style of American reporting. Ibid. (1865), 25 Nov., 1307/2. Good Words—a very orthodox, very clever, but somewhat snippety magazine.
1888. Pall Mall Gaz., 25 June, 1/1. More or less snippetty instalments of our Special Commissioner’s Report.
