Local English word record

nimbly

adverb · 1 sense

in a nimble or agile manner; with quickness and lightness and ease- Charles Dickens

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Examples

  • nimbly scaling an iron gate
  • leaped agilely from roof to roof

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Synonyms

agilely

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