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Definition of nimble:

  • (adjective) mentally quick
  • (adjective) moving quickly and lightly

Sentence Examples:

Marvin closely watched the nimble feet and determined to know something more about the charming little dancer.

The horses were not large, nor in good case, yet they appeared to be nimble and well broken.

And with the questions poured in suggestions, and solid chunks of advice were rammed in by nimble prophecies.

Only the gently waving branches of the willows showed where Nimble and his mother had vanished.

Nimble Deer's horns were firm upon his head when I left him here and stepped inside this cave.

On the instant a pair of nimble Apaches scrambled to the top, dragging with them a shorter ladder.

One cannot help liking the rogue, although he is as nimble with his fingers as with his tongue.

He slung his violin over his shoulder, and took a sudden nimble step on the downward rocky way.

Those around me who were sufficiently nimble began to run towards the noise, and I ran after them.

The opposing armies were too weak to face him in the field and too nimble to be brought to bay.

We can merely see nimble fingers dancing over the piano keys or touching the strings of the violin.

Then he rushed around in nimble leaps hither and thither and up into the canopy of the trees.

Thanks to the nimble pen of the Father Superior, we know what each gave and what each received.

Then Nimble went away from the clearing, and once more resolved to seek his fortune in the woods.

Do what they could, they could not catch the nimble Sea-Dogs who were biting them to death.

They had not made any arrangements for dancing, though the Gaels were very nimble on their feet.

He rushed out after her, looked about on every side, but could see no trace of the nimble fugitive.

With a lightning shift of his nimble feet, the high-tempered Bar kicked the shepherd in the side.

He must have chuckled many a time over what the world had made out of his nimble story-telling wits.

Something very nimble, indeed, leaped over a few more stones; but as before succeeded in hiding its real identity.

As nimble in climbing as squirrels, many live in hollow trees sometimes more than fifty feet above the ground.

And in close fighting it is the nimble, ducking, dodging, twisting machine that usually has certain advantage.

Darrin during this time had been talking with the nimble wit which was characteristic of the man.

They were all absorbed in the one subject; their tongues could scarcely keep pace with their nimble fancies.

He was still a boy, nimble as a monkey, but given to awkward gestures and leaps and motions.

With nimble leaps he made his way through the leaf-strewn pathway to the edge of the crystal stream.

It was her nimble wit, working in prison, that obtained the stolen parchment and sent it to me.

He has an excellent baritone voice, a good ear for dialect, a nimble presence, and a distinct sense of character.

He had told Nimble Deer to come early, before the other guests, because Nimble was going to help him.

Occasionally our horses seemed to be standing on their heads as they jumped their way down, nimble as goats.

Then she mounted too, nimble as any boy that ever robbed an orchard, and we set out once more.

In another quarter of an hour our nimble heels had carried us beyond the reach of this horrible monster.

The talk is all that his cause is losing, and that wise men will be nimble to seize opportunity.

Yet he was nimble and wise enough to spring back out of reach, before the coiling serpent could strike.

He was fond of clocks, curious about engines, eager for science; he had a quick brain and nimble hands.

John Thoreau's wife was Cynthia Dunbar, a tall and handsome woman, with a ready tongue and nimble wit.

Young as he was, he was as big as his antagonist, and, here on land, a dozen times more nimble.

The stricken lady gave a gasp and raised her head, but "His Majesty" was too nimble for her.

You might as well walk into dinner before your host, under the pretence that you were a more nimble pedestrian.

His assistant followed him down the ladder, to give aid should the nimble captain's burden prove too heavy.

He was very nimble and active in all his movements, and well skilled in riding, fencing, and dancing.

His mother, less nimble, toiled up the hill, and, despairing at the wall, ran round to the gate.

Maud's imagination and many nimble fingers had been busy here, and at first I scarcely knew the place.

The squirrel was seen to play on nimble feet through oak and chestnut groves gathering in his winter store.

Only little Paul, of all the household, lent me the aid of his nimble hand to seize the fugitives.

A path was forced through the crowd, and the two nimble light weights began peeling their sweaters.

We children had a pleasing dread of that nimble, sharp, exact man, who made us explain and name everything.

I could not be so nimble but that all the neighbors were about me, asking where the bear was?

The bones are exceedingly light and slender, for it is light and nimble work that he does in flying.

When he emerged at the quarry he felt secure, and so he picked up his nimble heels and flew.

He stood at the door and kept looking round on the watch to make way for the nimble footman.

He was quick at his work, nimble with his fingers, ready with his tongue, clear in his thoughts.

Her nimble fingers were very busy after that running her white ribbons into the meshes of her dress.

Cyprian seems to have been a man of nimble and subtle intellect, who excelled in his statement of a case.

He was a man over fifty, and I thought with satisfaction that he did not appear to be very nimble.

I dare say he was nimble enough, but his full arrival seemed like the paying out of a ship's cable.

His style is a delight, so high is its vitality, so cool its colors, so nimble and various its rhythms.

He accepted promptly, played a nimble game of croquet after supper, then took them for a sail on the lake.

His style is a delight, so high is its vitality, or cool its colors, so nimble and various its rhythms.

We had plenty of driving power, and the cattle strung along the road daily with comparatively nimble feet.

It is a very nimble finger, and with it this monstrous animal can do a great variety of little things.

With nimble hands the mother had in the meantime kept on smoothing and combing the child's heavy hair.

It is scarcely more than two inches long, more nimble than fleet in its movement, and not very attractive.

The pods popped and split in her nimble fingers as if she knew a secret spring in their backs.

While they swallow soup, a nimble waiter piles the nearest dishes around them, without regard to order or quality.

Nimble as little hares they darted to his side, and begged that he would come and divide their treasure.

And so, reluctantly, Marcel had resigned himself to doing without the aid of the nimble fingers of Julie Breton.

They were bounding along in single file among the trees, led apparently by one of their most nimble warriors.

Plans seemed to be as easy for him to originate as for Lopez to roll a cigarette with his nimble fingers.

Unbelief was a nimble Jack: him they could never lay hold of, though they attempted to do it often.

She began to feel uneasy at the threatening tone the duchess took, and her nimble wit jumped for shelter.

Afterwards you have full leave to merely wing a bird; but still I should wish it not to be too nimble.

Burdened by his equipment, which he had not been allowed to remove, he was not very nimble at first.

These are in general of a slim make, and rather lean than plump, but remarkably strong, nimble, and active.

The enemy again approached; but the little feet of the child were nimble enough to keep her at a safe distance.

Notwithstanding their prodigious bulk, these people were so nimble that none of the Spaniards or Portuguese were swift enough to overtake them.

All are moving upwards, all are climbing some support, as can be perceived by the nimble motion of their legs.

Their nimble and fertile wit lays them open to the charge of a like agility in matters of the heart.

Her quick mind readily comprehended what was expected of her, and her nimble fingers soon performed their task.

Right away, Peter's nimble wits began to plan how he could use Reddy Fox to play a joke on Jimmy.

For the first time since she had known him, Caroline felt that Alan's nimble wit was limping slightly.

I wish we could have secured him; but he was always on the alert, and too nimble for our people.

The drag stopped at the door, and the same nimble servant lightly stepped down and rang the bell.

Why, surely they must be fifteen inches long, and fully four inches high, and what funny, nimble legs!

All are moving upwards, all are climbing some support, as can be told by the nimble motion of their legs.

When the nimble Prince had traced it some thirty feet it led him to a deep hollow between two rocks.

This bird is so small and nimble that it successfully attacks insects too minute to be prey for larger birds.

She was still engaged in battling with Harry's wit, and thinking it exceedingly nimble and daring and charming.

Dreaming, no doubt; but what meant all these nimble little beings bustling hither and thither in hot haste?

Through the scattered crowd he dashed, leaping to the saddle and catching the pedals with his nimble feet.

At home, however, his position was more clearly defined, and William became the humble valet and the nimble waiter.

"Very well, hasten the feast and speed our departure; for we must hence, ere many nimble hours be flown."

There was little danger to life or limb, and it taught them to be quick of eye and nimble in movement.

She nodded to herself, and went up, nimble as a cat, using the tough vines to pull herself up.

One with sharp eyes and nimble feet, Alice, speeding after me with a polite invitation from one of the law lords.

Gray, who was nimble in spite of her years, through a broken gap in the wall of the Omnibus House.

Where those shadows reached out darkly Nimble and his mother stood with the water lapping their sleek bodies.

As soon as his new horns were ready Nimble and his friend Dodger the Deer began their mock battles again.

The pirate fell forward with the impetus of his blow, and stumbled in a heap at the girl's nimble feet.

Her nimble fingers were just as busy as any other ten in the room; but her tongue had been idle.