Nimble Definition

nĭmbəl

nimbler, nimblest

adjective

nimbler, nimblest

Quick, light, or agile in movement or action; deft.

Nimble fingers.

American Heritage

Mentally quick; quick-witted; alert.

A nimble mind.

Webster's New World

Showing mental quickness.

A nimble reply.

Webster's New World

Moving quickly and lightly.

Webster's New World

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Other Word Forms of Nimble

Base Form:

nimble

Comparative:

nimbler

Superlative:

nimblest

From Middle English nymel, nemel (“capable"), merger of Old English nÇ£mel (“receptive, quick to grasp") and Old English numol (“able to take, capable of holding"), both from niman (“to take") + -el, -ol (associative suffix). Compare German nehmen Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (niman), Old Norse nema (“to take"). More at nim.

From Wiktionary
Middle English nemel from Old English nǣmel quick to seize numol quick at learning nem- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition