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–adjective, -bler, -blest.

1.	quick and light in movement; moving with ease; agile; active; rapid: nimble feet.

2.	quick to understand, think, devise, etc.: a nimble mind.

3.	cleverly contrived: a story with a nimble plot.

[Origin: bef. 1000; late ME nymel, earlier nemel, OE nǣmel capable, equiv. to nǣm- (var. s. of niman to take; see nim¹) + -el -le

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—Related forms

nim·ble·ness, noun

nimbly, adverb

—Synonyms 1. lively, brisk, swift. 2. alert.

—Antonyms 1. clumsy.

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adj. nim·bler, nim·blest

Quick, light, or agile in movement or action; deft: nimble fingers. See Synonyms at dexterous.
Quick, clever, and acute in devising or understanding: nimble wits.

[Middle English nemel, from Old English nǣmel, quick to seize and numol, quick at learning; see nem- in Indo-European roots.]

nim'ble·ness n., nim'bly adv.

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nimble

"agile, light-footed," c.1300, nemel, from O.E. næmel "quick to grasp" (attested only once), related to niman "to take," from P.Gmc. *nemanan (cf. O.Du., Goth. niman, O.N. nema, O.Fris. nima, Ger. nehmen "to take"), from PIE base *nem- "to divide, distribute, allot" (cf. Gk. nemein "to deal out," nemesis "just indignation," L. numerus "number," Lith. nuoma "rent, interest," M.Ir. nos "custom, usage"). With excrescent -b- from c.1500 (cf. limb).

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nimble
adjective
1.	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" [syn: agile]
2.	mentally quick; "an agile mind"; "nimble wits" [syn: agile]

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nimble [ˈnimbl] adjective

quick and light in movement
Example: a nimble jump

Arabic:	رَشيق الحَرَكَه
Chinese (Simplified):	灵活的, 敏捷的
Chinese (Traditional):	靈活的, 敏捷的
Czech:	hbitý, mrštný
Danish:	adræt
Dutch:	behendig
Estonian:	nobe
Finnish:	ketterä
French:	agile
German:	flink
Greek:	σβέλτος
Hungarian:	fürge
Icelandic:	fimur, lipur
Indonesian:	cekatan
Italian:	agile

Japanese:	すばやい
Korean:	민첩한, 재빠른
Latvian:	izveicīgs, veikls
Lithuanian:	vikrus, miklus
Norwegian:	lett på foten, rapp, smidig
Polish:	rączy
Portuguese (Brazil):	ágil
Portuguese (Portugal):	ágil
Romanian:	agil
Russian:	проворный; лёгкий
Slovak:	svižný
Slovenian:	okreten
Spanish:	ágil
Swedish:	kvick, rask
Turkish:	çevik, atik