Word Meanings - SNATCHINGLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

By snatching; abruptly.

Related words: (words related to SNATCHINGLY)

• SNATCHINGLY
  By snatching; abruptly.
• SNATCH
  1. To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony; as, to snatch a loaf or a kiss. When half our knowledge we must snatch, not take. Pope. 2. To seize and transport away; to rap. "Snatch me to heaven." Thomson. Syn. -- To
• SNATCH BLOCK
  a kind of block with an opening in one side to receive the bight of a rope.
• ABRUPTLY
  1. In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly. 2. Precipitously. Abruptly pinnate , pinnate without an odd leaflet, or other appendage, at the end. Gray.
• SNATCHER
  One who snatches, or takes abruptly.
• UPSNATCH
  To snatch up.