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  • adverb In a nifty manner; cleverly.

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Examples

  • Noma Dumezweni is also outstanding as the doctor who struggles to keep him alive through a series of heart attacks, and Greg Hicks doubles niftily as a carping general and a gulag victim who haunts Korolyov's imagination.

    Little Eagles – review 2011

  • Isaac Julien niftily picks up a salmon dumpling with his chopsticks.

    Isaac Julien's angel of Morecambe Stuart Jeffries 2010

  • Written in 1875 by Alfred Hennequin and Alfred Delacour, and here niftily translated by Reggie Oliver, it provides the prototype for later, greater Georges Feydeau.

    Once Bitten – review 2011

  • Neither side has really got going yet.7 min: Guthrie niftily drags the ball back in his own half to evade a challenge from Whelan and then pings a lovely pass over the top of Wilson and down the inside-left channel for Obertan to chase.

    Stoke City v Newcastle United - as it happened | Jacob Steinberg 2011

  • While the upfront costs of the current crop of electric cars remains high, the lucky owner niftily avoids the cost of the staggeringly overpriced lagoon of fossil fuel required to drive a traditional model.

    Stars and their cars 2011

  • In their niftily crafted separation of powers, the Framers meant Congress to be a strong competitor with the president and Supreme Court.

    Congress crippled by ambivalence 2010

  • Please note that this is not merely cited for use of magic train but because the station from which Amabel departs is Bigwardrobespareroom, thus niftily getting CS Lewis as well

    Making Light: Rowling's being sued for plagiarism again 2010

  • Browser tab dragging, removing, adding, etc all work nicely and niftily.

    UFies.org: Software Archives 2010

  • (They only changed their mind the day the Supreme Court ruled this was illegal, and God niftily appeared to their leader that morning and announced blacks were ensouled after all.)

    Johann Hari: The Slow, Whining Death of British Christianity 2010

  • (They only changed their mind the day the Supreme Court ruled this was illegal, and God niftily appeared to their leader that morning and announced blacks were ensouled after all.)

    Johann Hari: The Slow, Whining Death of British Christianity 2010

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