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Snell
//snɛl//
Synonyms for "snell" (2 found)
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14 translations across 8 languages.
Dutch
1 entries- snel adv (active, brisk)
Finnish
4 entries- napakka adv (quick-witted)
- reipas adv (active, brisk)
- reipas adv (harsh, severe)
- riuska adv (active, brisk)
German
1 entries- Mundschnur noun (short line to attach a hook or lure to heavier line)
Māori
2 entries- takā noun (short line to attach a hook or lure to heavier line)
- taukaea noun (short line to attach a hook or lure to heavier line)
Old English
1 entries- snell adv (active, brisk)
Old Saxon
1 entries- snel adv (active, brisk)
Romanian
1 entries- iute adv (quick, sudden, sharp)
Yiddish
1 entries- שנעל adv (active, brisk)
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8 total sentences available.
That horny-handed, snell, peremptory little man.
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Amos is a lithe, keen, snell man.
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With all this heavy artillery, somewhat slow and cumbrous, on great questions, he had no want, when he was speaking off-hand, of quick, snell remark, often witty and full of spirit, and often too unexpected, like lightning—flashing, smiting, and gone.
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