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Nimble   /nˈɪmbəl/   Listen
adjective
Nimble  adj.  (compar. nimbler; superl. nimblest)  Light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift. "Through the mid seas the nimble pinnace sails." 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.
Synonyms: Agile; quick; active; brisk; lively; prompt.






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"Nimble" Quotes from Famous Books



... much as we have been informed by some of our nimble messengers, who are constantly abroad to obtain information, that seven prisoners, of the seven most villainous and dangerous species in the world, have arrived lately at your royal palace, and that it is your intention to hurl them over the cliff into my kingdom. I hereby counsel ...
— The Sleeping Bard - or, Visions of the World, Death, and Hell • Ellis Wynne

... the nimble little Will, Jack cavorted, swung his lantern and by signs indicated his desire to imitate Tweedle-dum's and Tweedle-dee's performances, to which Will promptly acceded and ...
— A Dixie School Girl • Gabrielle E. Jackson

... necessity enthusiastic. The Vealer was quartered in double-quick time, and the first fitful rays of sunlight found their way to the Creek crossing to light up an advancing forest of boughs and mistletoe clumps that moved forward on nimble ...
— We of the Never-Never • Jeanie "Mrs. Aeneas" Gunn

... the log was so close that the nimble-footed Ben leaped ashore and strode straight for the valiant Rutherford, who immediately threw himself in "position." His attitude was certainly artistic, with his left foot thrown forward, his right fist clinched and held across his breast, and his left ...
— The Telegraph Messenger Boy - The Straight Road to Success • Edward S. Ellis

... well, about whose flowery banks The nimble-footed fairies dance their rounds By the ...
— Night and Morning, Volume 4 • Edward Bulwer Lytton


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