nimble

The definition of nimble is someone who is spry, and quick to move or understand.

(adjective)

An example of someone who would be described as nimble is a gymnast who is graceful and flexible.
An example of someone who would be described as nimble is someone who grasps concepts quickly and understands things the first time they are explained.

See nimble in Webster's New World College Dictionary

Origin: with intrusive -b- < ME nimmel < OE numol < niman, to take (see nim): basic sense “capable of taking”

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See nimble in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective nim·bler, nim·blest

Quick, light, or agile in movement or action; deft: nimble fingers. See Synonyms at dexterous.
Quick, clever, and acute in devising or understanding: nimble wits.

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Origin: Middle English nemel

Origin: , from Old English nǣmel, quick to seize

Origin: and numol, quick at learning; see nem- in Indo-European roots

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