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.