/?snɑ?.b??.li/(alsosnobbily,uk/?sn?b.?.li/us/?sn?b.?.li/)in asnobbishway:She was snobbishlythrilledtolearnthat her daughter'sfiancécame from anaristocraticfamily.SeesnobbishMore examples
What went on withintheirsnobbishlytightlittleclique?
I couldn'tinviteher toourhouse, becauseMothersnobbishlyrefusedtoreceiveher.
Variousliterarytypeshave (rathersnobbishly)wonderedif thefootballerreadsbooks, either to himself or hischildren.
"Do we reallywantaprimeministernamedKevin?" theyasksnobbily.
People whobuythatstuff, so we'vereckonedsnobbily, willbuyanything.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesClass & class-consciousness in general
anti-bourgeois
anti-snob
arriviste
bougie
gentrification
gentrify
go/come down in the worldidiom
go/come up in the worldidiom
pedigreed
petit bourgeois
petty bourgeois
pleb
social mobility
the bottom of the heapidiom
the gentry
the petite bourgeoisie
the upper crust
trailer trash
underclass
upper class
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