Word: snickeringly
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...Causes People to Titter and Snicker...
...Sometimes I think," Mr. Tilden added, "that you've all forgotten how to laugh in New York!" Perhaps we only snicker and snigger. Who knows? At any rate, whatever may be our pet noise which denotes amusement, we shall probably bring it forth when we encounter Mr. Tilden's Mr. Podd, unless, perhaps, we are members of "the lunatic fringe...
...alone. He will lock himself in his own room, equip himself with smelling salts or a bottle of gin and a sponge, and have a good quiet weep. In the same way, he dislikes rising to high pitches of public hilarity. A reserved smile, or at most a genteel snicker is all he will permit himself in the presence of his associates. But under the sheltering darkness of the playhouse, he will be trapped into any extreme of emotion, and when the lights surprise him in his emotional decollette he will find fellow victims in sufficient numbers to restore...
SCENE: LECTURE IN FINE ARTS. Prof. - The Italians retained the horizontal line, never running to verticality, I say never, hardl - (the section begins to snicker) well, seldom ever...
...actors all snicker, the audience titter...