Definitions
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- adverb In a
nippy way.
Etymologies
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Examples
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From what Rebus knew, Gowrie, had made his money initially as director of a company which had nippily shifted its expertise from ships and pipelines to building exploration platforms and oil rigs for the North Sea.
Mortal Causes Rankin, Ian 1994
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Very nippily the clever little Welshman went through his nimble paces, dancing to the wave of his master's handkerchief on toes as springily supple as those of any ballerina.
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Though somewhat wrinkly and a bit nippily, Dolly said she would be as good as new as soon as she toweled off, had a coupla shots of "Jack" (Daniels), and would be head lining a Nashville
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So there's 2GB of RAM on board here which keeps things moving along nippily.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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So there's 2GB of RAM on board here which keeps things moving along nippily.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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