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Definition of Nippingly
1. adv. In a nipping manner.
Definition of Nippingly
1. Adverb. In a nipping manner. ¹
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Definition of Nippingly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nippingly
Literary usage of Nippingly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1861)
"We have not swindled the South — millions of Southern dollars now lie in New-York
banks — we might 'nip' the foe in a thousand ways, were we as nippingly ..."
2. Modern Literature for Oral Interpretation: Practice Book for Vocal Expression by Gertrude Elizabeth Johnson (1920)
"... I ain't countin' on no Santy Claus to git down the chimley with 'em."
Miss Johnson rose. "I ain't goin' to stay here, then," she observed nippingly. ..."
3. The Boston Review (1863)
"He says grace very graciously, and makes bargains with you after meat most nippingly.
He seems very good on his pious side, and has a dexterous way of ..."
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