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Overview of adj nimble

      »   The adj nimble has 2 meanings (first 1 from tagged texts)

• agile, nimble, Quick1.) Quick -- (any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail))
  
  1.) Quick, speedy -- (accomplished rapidly and without delay; "was quick to make friends"; "his quick reaction prevented an accident"; "hoped for a speedy resolution of the problem"; "a speedy recovery"; "he has a right to a speedy trial")
  
  quick, spry -- (Moving1.) Travel, go, move, locomote -- (change location; move, travel, or proceed; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell")
  
  2.) Move, displace -- (cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant")
  
  moving quickly and Lightly1.) Lightly -- (without good reason; "one cannot say such things lightly")
  
  2.) Lightly, light -- (with few burdens; "experienced travellers travel light")
  
  lightly; "sleek and Agile1.) 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.) Agile, nimble -- (mentally quick; "an agile mind"; "nimble wits")
  
  agile as a gymnast"; "as nimble as a deer"; "nimble fingers"; "Quick1.) Quick -- (any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail))
  
  1.) Quick, speedy -- (accomplished rapidly and without delay; "was quick to make friends"; "his quick reaction prevented an accident"; "hoped for a speedy resolution of the problem"; "a speedy recovery"; "he has a right to a speedy trial")
  
  quick of foot"; "the old Dog1.) Dog, domestic dog, Canis familiaris -- (a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds; "the dog barked all night")
  
  2.) Frump, dog -- (a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman; "she got a reputation as a frump"; "she's a real dog")
  
  dog was so Spry1.) 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")
  
  spry it was Halfway1.) Center, halfway, middle, midway -- (equally distant from the extremes)
  
  2.) Halfway -- (at a point midway between two extremes; "at the halfway mark")
  
  halfway up the Stairs1.) Stairs, steps -- (a flight of stairs or a flight of steps)
  
  1.) Step, stair -- (support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway; "he paused on the bottom step")
  
  stairs before we could Stop1.) Stop, halt -- (the event of something ending; "it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill")
  
  2.) Stop, stoppage -- (the act of stopping something; "the third baseman made some remarkable stops"; "his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood")
  
  stop it")

• agile, nimble -- (Mentally1.) Mentally -- (in your mind; "he suffered mentally")
  
  mentally quick; "an Agile1.) 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.) Agile, nimble -- (mentally quick; "an agile mind"; "nimble wits")
  
  agile mind"; "nimble wits")