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Webster 1913 Edition
Nimbly
Nim′bly
,adv.
In a nimble manner; with agility; with light, quick motion.
Webster 1828 Edition
Nimbly
NIM'BLY
,adv.
He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber.
Definition 2024
nimbly
nimbly
English
Adverb
nimbly (comparative more nimbly, superlative most nimbly)
- in a nimble manner
- ca. 1592-3 --- Shakespeare: The Tragedie of Richard the Third
- And now, in stead of mounting Barbed Steeds, To fright the Soules of fearfull Adversaries, He capers nimbly in a Ladies Chamber, To the lascivious pleasing of a Lute
- 2000 -- Eiji Yoshikawa: Taiko: An Epic Novel of War and Glory in Feudal Japan
- "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!"
- ca. 1592-3 --- Shakespeare: The Tragedie of Richard the Third