snarkyadj.

1906 E. Nesbit Railway Children ii. 49 Don't be snarky, Peter. It isn't our fault.

1913 J. Vaizey College Girl xxiv. 326 ‘Why should you think I am “snarky”?’ ‘Because—you are! You're not a bit sociable and friendly.’

1915 H. L. Wilson Ruggles of Red Gap (1917) xii. 209 I had received a rather snarky letter from him demanding to know how long I meant to remain in North America.

1953 E. Coxhead Midlanders x. 247 I've known you were the soul of kindness, under that snarky way.

a1974 R. Crossman Diaries (1976) II. 627 We also have to overcome something else—the stream of anti-government propaganda, smearing, snarky, derisive, which comes out of Fleet Street.

1967 Listener 20 July 91/3 Viewers' letters are not just read out. They are commented upon by Kenneth Robinson (usually rather snarkily).

1960 Economist 28 May 859/2 In some of his comments on bureaucracy there is a relapse into snarkiness.

1912 R. Fry Let. 16 Mar. (1972) I. 355 So sorry I seem so snarkish just now.