nippingly
- a word derived from nipping.
Example Sentences
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It was nippingly cold outside, and the warm restaurant proved a delightful contrast.
From The Governess by Chickering, Charles R.
The weather for a month has been perfect, the sky an extravagance of blue, the air lively enough, the nights cool, nippingly cool. and the whole ancient greyness lighted with an irresistible smile.
From Italian Hours by James, Henry
Tess shivered a little as the frost-laden air bit nippingly at her ears.
From The Secret of the Storm Country by Hitchcock, Lucius W.
If I can once get her respectably married," said Irene, nippingly, her small face resolute, "I won't worry about what she tells or doesn't tell.
From Jane Journeys On by Mitchell, Ruth Comfort
Others, scattered about the hillsides and in the arroyos, grazed nippingly at the sparse bunch-grass, moving quickly from clump to clump.
From Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail by Fischer, Anton Otto
