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1. (adj.) nimble
quick and light in movement; agile:
nimble feet.
2. nimble
quick to understand, think, devise, etc.:
a nimble mind.
3. nimble
cleverly contrived:
a nimble plot.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; late ME nymel, earlier nemel, OE næmacr;mel capable =næmacr;m- (var. s. of niman to take; see nim ) +-el -le)
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1. (adj) agile, nimble, quick, spry
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"
2. (adj) agile, nimble
mentally quick
"an agile mind"; "nimble wits"
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1. nimble
light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift
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Sense: quick and light in movement
a nimble jump.
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 Afrikaans: rats |
 Arabic: رَشيق الحَرَكَه |
 Bulgarian: чевръст |
 Brazilian: ágil |
 Czech: hbitý, mrštný |
 German: flink |
 Danish: adræt |
 Greek: σβέλτος |
 Spanish: ágil |
 Estonian: nobe |
 Farsi: چابک |
 Finnish: ketterä |
 French: agile |
 Hebrew: זָרִיז |
 Hindi: फुर्तीला |
 Croatian: brz, hitar |
 Hungarian: fürge |
 Indonesian: cekatan |
 Icelandic: fimur, lipur |
 Italian: agile |
 Japanese: すばやい |
 Korean: 재빠른 |
 Lithuanian: vikrus, miklus |
 Latvian: izveicīgs, veikls |
 Malay: lincah |
 Dutch: behendig |
 Norwegian: lett på foten, rapp, smid |
 Polish: rączy |
 Persian: چابک |
 Pashto: چابك |
 Portuguese: ágil |
 Romanian: agil |
 Russian: проворный; лёгкий |
 Slovak: svižný |
 Slovenian: okreten |
 Serbian: okretan |
 Swedish: kvick, rask |
 Thai: ว่องไว |
 Turkish: çevik, atik |
 Taiwanese: 靈活的, 敏捷的 |
 Ukrainian: моторний, спритний |
 Urdu: پھرتيلا، ہلکا پھلکا |
 Vietnamese: lanh lẹ |
 Chinese: 灵活的，敏捷的 |
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