niftily
- a word derived from nifty.
Example Sentences
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The final out in the seventh was a sharp grounder by Gio Urshela that was niftily picked up on a short hop by a shifted Gavin Lux.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2022
Over the course of four seasons, “Billions,” which was created by Brian Koppelman, David Levien, and Andrew Ross Sorkin, has also shown a rare capacity to evolve, pivoting, niftily, like a company under S.E.C. investigation.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 25, 2019
At the 63rd parallel inNorway’s third-largest city, Trondheim, the grandson’s family and the grandparents live almost four miles and about 15 minutes apart, with the training center tucked niftily between the two.
From Washington Post • Feb. 19, 2018
The detour that Elise inadvertently forces David down is not to the strangers’ liking, a situation that leads to tricky, niftily staged cat-and-mouse chase scenes involving some amusing creative geography.
From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2011
I don't believe in pacificism much, myself, but she used it very niftily for her argument.
From Ramsey Milholland by Tarkington, Booth
