Preposition: about

• dahlia: ANGELA'S AMAZING DAHLIAS By Sue Lupton SOME gardeners are a bit sniffy about dahlias, dismissing them as too big, bold and brassy.

Modifying Another Word

• quite: Critics in America, tho, have been quite sniffy toward the film.

• very: But people had been " very sniffy " about women being anywhere near the front line.

• little: Jennifer was a little sniffy about the party, unsure that the Tuckers really pass muster.

• rather: Pevsner was rather sniffy about the interior, considering the chancel ' truly terrible ' .

• so: Will you be so sniffy about old Ramps and Hick then?

• slightly: Slow, forgetful and slightly sniffy service, never paying us much attention and having to be reminded to bring drinks and take orders.

Used with adjective complement

• get: Free drinks stopped at 9.30, so the guests stopped drinking, and the staff at Momo got sniffy.