Snappy and Tardy

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Snappy adjective - Moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed.

Usage example: bring us some more french fries, and make it snappy!

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Tardy is an antonym for snappy.

Nearby Words: snap, snapped, snappish, snapper, snapping

Tardy adjective - Moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed.

Usage example: thus far progress on the project has been tardy

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Snappy is an antonym for tardy.

Nearby Words: tardily, tardiness

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