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Definition of Nippily
1. in a nippy manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nippily
Literary usage of Nippily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pen and Pencil Sketches of Shipping and Craft All Round the World by Robert Taylor Pritchett (1899)
"With one class of boat, and continual practice under similar conditions, it is
surprising to see how the boats are handled, how nippily the live ballast ..."
2. Jan, a Dog, and a Romance by Alec John Dawson (1915)
"Very nippily the clever little Welshman went through his nimble paces, dancing
to the wave of his master's handkerchief on toes as ..."
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