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UK
/nˈɪmbəlnəs/
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NOUN
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intelligence as revealed by quickness and alertness of mind
nimbleness of wit and imagination - the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble
How To Use nimbleness In A Sentence
- The 500C is a pure metropolitan runabout, so its pleasures are centered on its capering nimbleness and maneuverability, not to mention ease of parking. The Fiat 500C Can't Fail
- ARQUILLA: We are talking about a kind of nimbleness that does not come to a classic hierarchy. CNN Transcript Mar 27, 2004
- Will this nimbleness and enthusiasm suffice to wire up the roughly 3 m homes without fast broadband?
- When deploy safety precaution, we still need the nimbleness of certain level, satisfying business end and requirement while, maintain the security of higher level.
- It may be that they are just envious of our arboreal and hunting skills, our nimbleness and adaptability, and our ability to see in the dark.
- Head spins and leaps were the order of the day, with the b-boys showing off their nimbleness and flexibility.
- nimbleness of wit and imagination
- Written more than 2,600 years ago, the 101 words of verse deal with a theme timeless in both art and soap operas; the stirrings of an ageing body towards the nimbleness, youth and love it once knew.
- The one, half-amphibian, breasting the water with muscular arms, could not hope to overtake or escape an enemy who propelled a fire-hollowed tree trunk by means of a wooden paddle; nor could the other, trusting to his own nimbleness, compete with a foe who careered wildly across the plain on the back of a half-broken stallion. The Shrinkage of the Planet
- The antithesis of the oversized SUV (you can fit four EN-Vs into the same road space occupied by a standard family car!), the EN-V is an upright two-seat urban minicar that gets its nimbleness from the same type of mechanics that the Segway uses. Yuka Yoneda | Inhabitat