| 释义 |
niftily, adv.|ˈnɪftɪlɪ|
[f. nifty a. + -ly2.]
In a nifty manner.
1919Amer. Mag. LXXXVII. 93/1 That was a clever girl you had against you tonight. I don't believe in pacifism much, myself, but she used it very niftily for her argument. 1960P. Mortimer Saturday Lunch with Brownings 202 She lay down on her stomach, lifting up the chest with one hand while niftily tucking the carpet down under its foot with the other. 1971New Yorker 13 Nov. 126/3 (Advt.), Our famous Whale Tie..in a niftily contemporary 4½ inch width. 1974D. Smith Look Back with Love xi. 106, I..particularly liked one story..in which the hero fought his way through an army by niftily manipulating a chair. |