Definition of "nippingly" [nip•ping•ly]

• In a nipping manner. (adverb)

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• "It was nippingly cold outside, and the warm restaurant proved a delightful contrast."
• "All the windows were open, and the east wind came in at its will, nippingly cold if airy."
• "Leith Links, sweeping thin and nippingly across shining sands left bare by a receding tide; down by the rippling water-line, as the sun of a late spring day neared his setting, clamouring gulls bickered noisily over the possession of some fishy dainty."