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Another word for nimble

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Adjective

  1. Moving or performing quickly, lightly, and easily

      1. Lively, active, and brisk; vigorous.
      2. Full of life; active, nimble, brisk, etc., esp. though elderly
      1. Moving or functioning rapidly and energetically; speedy:
      2. Done or occurring immediately:
      3. Perceiving or responding with speed and sensitivity; keen:
      1. Not hard to do or achieve; easy
      2. Done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; easy:
      3. Acting, working, or done easily, or in a quick, smooth way; fluent; ready
      1. Abrupt, curt in one's manner or in relation to others.
      2. Stimulating or invigorating.
      3. Quick in manner or movement; energetic
      1. Mentally quick or alert:
      2. Characterized by quickness, lightness, and ease of movement; nimble.
      3. Quick and easy of movement; deft and active
    See also:

    ability

  2. Exhibiting or possessing skill and ease in performance

      1. (Slang) Excellent, fine, enjoyable, attractive, etc.
      2. Accomplished; adept; clever; ingenious
      3. (Informal) Having or showing skill in composition or technique but little depth or literary significance
      1. Capable of making simple repairs to a house, an automobile, electrical appliances, etc.
      2. Readily accessible or convenient in location:
      3. Easily or effectively used; convenient or useful:
      1. Done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; easy:
      2. Arrived at or presented without due care, effort, or examination; superficial:
      3. Acting, working, or done easily, or in a quick, smooth way; fluent; ready
      1. Having or showing mental skill
      2. Done with dexterity:
      3. Having or showing skill in the use of the hands or body
      1. Quick and skillful; adroit.
      2. Skillful in a quick, sure, and easy way; dexterous
      1. Exhibiting ingenuity or imagination; creative or artful:
      2. Quick in thinking or learning; intelligent, ingenious, quick-witted, witty, facile, etc.
      3. Handsome, convenient, nice, etc.
      1. Dexterous, deft or skillful
      2. Skillful in a physical or mental way; clever; expert
      3. Quick and skillful in body or mind; deft.
    See also:

    ability

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Another word for nimble

Modifier

  1. Agile

    See also:

    graceful

    agile

  2. Alert

    See also:

    agile

    judicious

    intelligent

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Sentence Examples

  • The youth was smaller and nimble, accustomed to navigating the forest.

  • He was amazingly good, his fingers plucking the strings with quick nimble strokes.

  • One of these, a nimble little man, was wearing a blue coat tied round the waist with a rope.

  • The Eskimo engraved poorly, the Dene (Tinneh) embroidered in quill, the North Pacific tribes carved skilfully in horn, slate and cedar, the California tribes had nimble fingers for basketry, the Sioux gloried in feathers and painted parfleche.

  • As we age, we tend not be as nimble in our thinking as when we were younger-we know too much and can see all the potential problems.

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