Nimble

a.

1.

Light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift. Through the mid seas the nimble pinnace sails. - Pope. Nimble Will (Bot.) a slender, branching, American grass (Muhlenbergia diffusa), of some repute for grazing purposes in the Mississippi valley.

Adj.	1.	nimble - 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" Synonyms: agile, spry, quick
	2.	nimble - mentally quick; "an agile mind"; "nimble wits" Synonyms: agile

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