nimbly

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
16
Letters
6

Definition of nimbly

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. in a nimble manner
    “And now, in ſtead of mounting Barbed Steeds, / To fright the Soules of fearfull Aduersaries, / He capers nimbly in a Ladies Chamber, / To the laſcivious pleaſing of a Lute.”
    ““Nimbly” quoth he, “do the fingers move / If a man be but used to his trade.””
    “"The bee belongs to the one who caught it! If you catch it, it's your bee!" he said, nimbly jumping up and snatching a bee out of the air. "Yow! This one's mine!"”

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Etymology

From nimble + -ly.

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