Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nippily

/ˈnɪpəli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nip-pi-ly
IPA: /ˈnɪpəli/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a nippy way; quickly.

Example Sentences

"With one class of boat, and continual practice under similar conditions, it is surprising to see how the boats are handled, how nippily the live ballast finds its place when gybing, how rapidly the canvas is taken in or set —a very important function, for the winds in the bay are treacherous and uncertain, the most favourable being hard north-easters."
"I nippily learned that they could tidy away twice the amount of liquor we manly-men could without getting drunk."

Etymology

From nippy + -ly, equivalent to nip + -ily.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: nippy, nip

Inflected Forms

more nippily (comparative) most nippily (superlative)

Homonyms

nipply (3-syllable pronunciation)

Rhymes With

tripoli gallipoli drippily slippily nipply snippily zippily trippily

Questions

How do you pronounce nippily?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈnɪpəli/.
What does nippily mean?: In a nippy way; quickly.
Where does nippily come from?: From nippy + -ly, equivalent to nip + -ily.

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