About The Word Nimble
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Nimble
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What's The Definition Of Nimble?
[adj] moving quickly and lightly; "sleek and agile as a gymnast"; "as nimble as a deer"; "nimble fingers"; "quick of foot"; "the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it"
[adj] mentally quick; "an agile mind"; "nimble wits" Synonyms | Synonyms for Nimble: active | agile | intelligent | quick | spry Related Terms | Find terms related to Nimble: active | acute | adroit | agile | alacritous | alert | alive | apt | attentive | awake | brainy | breakneck | bright | brilliant | brisk | catty | clever | coruscating | dashing | deft | dexterous | dispatchful | double-quick | eagle-winged | energetic | expeditious | express | fast | featly | fleet | flying | galloping | gifted | graceful | hair-trigger | handy | hasty | headlong | hustling | intelligent | keen | keen-witted | light | light of heel | light-footed | lightsome | limber | lithe | lively | mercurial | neat-fingered | neat-handed | nimble-footed | nimble-witted | no dumbbell | not born yesterday | on the | on the alert | on the ball | on the job | peart | precipitate | prompt | qui vive | quick | quick as lightning | quick as thought | quick-thinking | quick-witted | rapid | ready | reckless | running | scintillating | sharp | sharp-witted | sleepless | smart | snappy | spanking | sparkling | speedy | sprightly | spry | steel-trap | sure-footed | swift | talented | unblinking | unnodding | unsleeping | unwinking | vigilant | wakeful | watchful | wide-awake | winged | zippy See Also | Nimble In Webster's Dictionary \Nim"ble\, a. [Compar. {Nimbler}; superl. {Nimblest}.]
[OE. nimel, prob. orig., quick at seizing, fr. nimen to take,
AS. niman; akin to D. nemen, G. nehmen, OHG. neman, Icel.
nema, Goth. nima, and prob. to Gr. ? to distribute. [root] 7.
Cf. {Nomand}, {Numb}.]
Light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity;
lively; swift.
Through the mid seas the nimble pinnace sails. --Pope.
Note: Nimble is sometimes used in the formation of
self-explaining compounds; as, nimble-footed,
nimble-pinioned, nimble-winged, etc.
{Nimble Will} (Bot.), a slender, branching, American grass
({Muhlenbergia diffusa}), of some repute for grazing
purposes in the Mississippi valley.
Syn: Agile; quick; active; brisk; lively; prompt.
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