nippinglyadv.
/ˈnɪpɪŋli/, U.S. /ˈnɪpɪŋli/ In a nipping manner; sharply; so as to bite or sting.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > [adverb]
nippingly1542
a-pinch1856
impactly1862
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adverb] > mordantly
nippingly1542
cuttingly1611
mordaciously1657
pungently1658
mordantly1836
stingingly1873
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cold weather > [adverb] > bitterly
bitter1604
piercingly1834
nippingly1890
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adverb] > in a nipping or piercing manner (of cold)
eagerly1603
bitter1604
nipping1795
piercingly1834
nippingly1890
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes ii. f. 184v Nippyngly did he taunte..the foolishe ambicion of theim.
1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 386 Stop the mouths of such as are..impudent,..with a certaine meekenes and graue smiling, and somewhat nippingly.
1587 T. Thomas Dict. Latinae & Anglicanae Sarcasmus, a biting taunt, a manner of iesting or scoffing nippingly.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Satyriquement, satyrically, tauntingly, nippingly.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Nippingly, with bitter sarcasm.
1836 R. King Narr. Journey Arctic Ocean I. i. 9 It is a very healthy and pleasant spot in summer, but nippingly cold in winter.
1850 Harper's Mag. Nov. 776 (stage direct.) Mrs. Dale, pinching her husband's arms very nippingly.
1890 Cornhill Mag. Sept. 257 Though the wind blow nippingly from the snow.
1995 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 4 June He uttered two sound-bites he knows are certain to come back nippingly in the opposition's commercials next year.
2001 Herald (Glasgow) (Electronic ed.) 27 Mar. They were voicing their own feelings about what it is to be Scottish in a nippingly entitled show called It's Not My Accent, It's Your Ears.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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