snatchy
adj/ˈsnæt͡ʃi/
Etymology From snatch + -y.
1
In snatches or glimpses.
- We listen to a snatchy talk on one thing and then another, and abstruse questions that are like the Scotchman's definition of metaphysics.1902, Amanda Minnie Douglas, A Sherburne quest, page 332:
- The long-desired vision came first to Peter in Galilee in the morning twilight, and something of the kind perhaps happened to others; but of all this we have only garbled and snatchy reports.1922, G. Stanley Hall, Jesus, the Christ, in the Light of Psychology:
1 more example
- In positioning the branches, remember that the foliage should be arranged to give snatchy views of the two trunks all the way to the top.1990, Kan Yashiroda, Bonsai: Special Techniques, page 18:
2
Resembling or characteristic of a snatching or grabbing.
- a snatchy gesture
- Derived terms
- snatchily, snatchiness