snickeringly

Variant of snicker

snicker definition

snicker (snik′ər)

intransitive verb

  1. to laugh in a sly or derisive, partly stifled manner
  2. to neigh; nicker

Etymology: echoic

transitive verb

to utter with a snicker

noun

a sly or derisive, partly stifled laugh

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