nimble

[NimĀ·ble]

If you're nimble, you can move quickly and with ease. That spryness can be both physical and mental, so even if your granny isn't very nimble on her feet, she can probably still whip you in chess.

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Light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift.

Adjective S.
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"

Adjective S.
mentally quick; "an agile mind"; "nimble wits"


superl.
Light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift.


Nimble

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.
&hand; 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.

Light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift.

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Usage Examples

Famous pivot stories are often failures but you don't need to fail before you pivot. All a pivot is is a change is strategy without a change in vision. Whenever entrepreneurs see a new way to achieve their vision - a way to be more successful - they have to remain nimble enough to take it.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Those little nimble musicians of the air, that warble forth their curious ditties, with which nature hath furnished them to the shame of art.

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