10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NIPPILY»
Discover the use of
nippily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
nippily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
And in a more trivial area the word 'nippily', recorded in the Oxford English
Dictionary only once, in 1650, now appears daily in motoring contexts like : 'The
Fiat handles nippily, with good roadholding'. Joyce's 'muskin' is a deliberate
adoption ...
nip vb : to grab hold of and squeeze tightly, to pinch or bite nip and tuck adj or
adv : very close nipcheese n : a miser, someone who will not spend money
nipperkin n : a container with a capacity of half a pint or less nippily adv : quickly ...
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Mortal Causes: An Inspector Rebus Mystery
Fromwhat Rebus knew,Gowrie had madehis money initially as director of a
company which had nippily shifted its expertise fromships and pipelines
tobuilding exploration platforms and oil rigs fortheNorth Sea. That was backin the
early'70s.
We won't bite.” “Thanks, but no thanks. I just want to grab a quick bite, geta good
night's sleep, and head back home first thing in the morning.” Alyssa starts
walking toward the front door as nippily as possible. A minute in this house is a
minute ...
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The 'Ands of Time: Causes, Effects, Conscience, and Consequences
The strike team nippily exited and followed Barnabas Collins' lead. The group
melted into the shadows on the dark side of the street. They travelled down the
road in single file, alert, focused, and fixated on the mission ahead. Barnabas
Collins ...
Michael Anthony Bell, 2011
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Right Ho, Jeeves (Volume 2 of 2) (EasyRead Super Large 24pt ...
Then he made a dive for the cupboard and was inside it before one really got on
to it that he had started leaping. I have seen fellows late for the 9.15 move less
nippily. I shot a glance at Jeeves. He allowed his right eyebrow to flicker slightly,
...
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Funny Texts : Fungoo : Hilarious!
Trina McDougall. I'm on 24hr shift work... managing in your shadow U r sooo C(+)
(+)L... I geT a biT nippily around. it's the 1 & only thing deep thinker amongst
shallow friends. My gloves don't belong in my glove box & my undies don't
belong ...
1 quickly, rapidly, swiftly, speedily, briskly, at full tilt, hastily, hurriedly, in a hurry;
informal double quick, nippily; N. Amer. informal lickety-split. 2 securely, firmly,
tight. 3 he's fast asleep deeply, sound, completely. fast2 v. eat nothing, go without
...
... beetled off nippily enough. 'Do you know Mrs. Ovenstone?' She asked. 'No but
Teddy asked me to keep an eye on her.' 'Isn't Ahmed about?' She asked a bit
more pointedly. 'I don't know.' 'Right, well, thanks anyway.' She paused then said.
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Colour Oxford Thesaurus
... staunch, true, boon, bosom, inseparable. opposites slow, loose, temporary.
adverb 1 she drove fast: quickly, rapidly, swiftly, speedily, briskly, at full tilt, hastily,
hurriedly, in a hurry; informal double quick, nippily; N. Amer. informal lickety-split.
Oxford Dictionaries,, Maurice Waite, 2011
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NIPPILY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
nippily is used in the context of the following news items.
Argentina 1-0 Uruguay
Argentina build neatly and nippily as Javier Pastore and Angel Di Maria attempt a one-two. The Uruguay defence have got a toe in to check their momentum, but ... «BBC Sport, Jun 15»
Sailing Team Gets Special Welcome Home Salute
The photo was actually taken a few weeks back on a rather nippily April day by photographer Marial Maher. They carried tounge-in-cheek signs ... «Patch.com, May 15»
Samsung Galaxy Note Edge review
... usual (in a good way) with a quad-core 2.7GHz processor backed by a hefty 3GB RAM, which keeps things moving along very nippily indeed. «Wired.co.uk, Jan 15»
Rose Leslie: 'It was hard to say goodbye to Ygritte'
Honeymoon, a nippily effective indie horror from debut director Leigh Janiak, is a striking calling card – having built solid buzz on the festival ... «The Guardian, Jan 15»
BYGONES: Why the class of 75 marked the end of an era for …
... the Upper School (Uttoxeter New Road) and the Lower School (St Albans Road) had no option but to make their way nippily between the two ... «Derby Telegraph, Nov 14»
The ultimate Nokia camera test: is Pureview really worth it?
If a camera can't focus quickly and dash shot-to-shot quite nippily, you'll most likely miss the action. Before we get onto actually picture quality, ... «TechRadar UK, Nov 14»
Guardians of the Galaxy
... boogying… on a strange planet), “Galaxy” then moves into its core yarn pretty nippily: five dissimilar 'losers' – human Peter Quill (Chris Pratt), ... «Moviehole, Jul 14»
Renault re-energises the Clio
... but the engine feels really strong for its size and quoted output, the EDC beats any regular auto (or CVT) hands down, it corners nippily and it ... «Drivesouth, Mar 14»
Nokia X, X+, XL: hands-on review of Nokia's first Android smartphones
The rear camera focused and shot quite nippily, and with Nokia's imaging chops, there's reason to suspect it'll do a fine job for the handset's ... «Stuff.tv, Feb 14»
Microsoft Surface Pro 2 review
It boots up quickly, though not quite as nippily as the Surface 2, and it had no trouble doing anything we asked of it, including a spot of HD ... «Wired.co.uk, Nov 13»
