Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In a nimble manner; with agility; with light, quick motion.
Wiktionary
- adv. in a nimble manner
GNU Webster's 1913
- adv. In a nimble manner; with agility; with light, quick motion.
WordNet 3.0
- adv. in a nimble or agile manner; with quickness and lightness and ease
Examples
“He argues that the unwieldy nature of the ECBs Executive Board (their analog to the FOMC) introduces inertia and status quo bias, preventing the institution from acting as "nimbly" as the FED.”
“He argues that the unwieldy nature of the ECBs Executive Board their analog to the FOMC introduces inertia and status quo bias, preventing the institution from acting as "nimbly" as the FED.”
“And the minister pledged that the government would respond "nimbly" to any appeals that the organisation makes.”
“Dunbars full-color illustrations, many stretching across two pages, nimbly dodge the prose.”
The Boy Who Climbed into the Moon by David Almond & Polly Dunbar: Book summary
“The archer stood and pulled an arrow from her quiver, the spearwoman nimbly leaped from the box down onto the field, and one of the ladies got a look of concentration on her face that made him certain she was channeling.”
“These people contend that his background was a much better fit for the firm's traditional business of trading futures on exchanges for clients, rather than its aspirations under Mr. Corzine to become a full-service investment bank that could nimbly trade various financial instruments.”
The Wall Street Journal: Corzine Rebuffed Internal Warnings on Risks
“Turns out, with a pointer in one hand and a joystick in the other, I can nimbly run and aim around the battlefield.”
““Come on,” Clamm said, and he sprang nimbly up the ladder.”
“Mr. Zuckerman won't be among the favored anymore, and I admire his bravery in calling 'em as he sees 'em at the risk of incurring the wrath of the SEC, Justice Department, the EPA and the rest of the apparatus of intimidation so nimbly deployed by this administration.”
The Wall Street Journal: Mort Zuckerman, President Obama and Buyer's Remorse
“I made a very deliberate decision to make the Bible my university," Camping said, reaching for his battered, brown King James Bible and flipping nimbly through pages with marked-up margins and taped-up tears.”
USA Today: A durable doomsday preacher predicts the world's end
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