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Meanings of nimble in English

Bending and moving easily and gracefully; flexible.

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Moving quickly and lightly.

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Usage of nimble in English
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Do you imagine she has given up communing with nimble young gentlemen?
Wolf hall
2
Governments are anything but nimble, let alone open, in their decision-making processes.
Wired
3
These nimble operators not only help students cheat their way into universities.
Reuters
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Still young and nimble, John Maclean has already had two successful careers.
The Irish Times
5
Feel that you have these strong and nimble elements in your body.
The Michael Chekhov Handbook
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The broad shoulders, strong arms, deft hands with their long nimble fingers.
The irish devil
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Once more the nimble footman hopped down and threw open the door.
The Prince of Graustark
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Investors need to be nimble to make money in this looking-glass world.
Reuters
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He even refused to join in the dance, although young and nimble.
The Frontiersmen
10
Driving a nimble convertible sports car is one of life's great pleasures.
The Irish Times
11
Now, in the games of sheer strategy much depends upon nimble ends.
The High School Left End; or, Dick & Co. Grilling on the Footbal...
12
Very nimble; very nimble, in truth, Monsieur de Lesperon, but scarcely convincing.
Bardelys the Magnificent / Being an account of the strange wooin...
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We will be nimble if we need to be, Priebus told CNN.
The Guardian
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He could scarcely credit such nimble agility in a figure so gross.
Two on the Trail: A Story of the Far Northwest
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The nymph was not quite as nimble as she once had been.
Jitterbug Perfume
16
Your brain is more nimble than mine; think, think, and tell me.
The Wanderer's Necklace
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