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nimbly

nimbly adverb: in a nimble manner.

Adverb

nimbly (comparative more nimbly, superlative most nimbly)

  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.c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
    • “Nimbly” quoth he, “do the fingers move / If a man be but used to his trade.”1834 [1799], Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, “The Devil's Thoughts”, in The Poetical Works of S. T. Coleridge, volume II, London: W. Pickering, page 85

nimbly meaning in Sanskrit

nimbly in Sanskrit

in a nimble manner
लघु laghu

Forms of nimbly

comparativemore nimbly
superlativemost nimbly

Origin of nimbly

From nimble + -ly.

Questions about nimbly

What does nimbly mean?
Nimbly means in a nimble manner.
What is nimbly in Sanskrit?
Nimbly in Sanskrit is लघु (laghu). See Nimbly meaning in Sanskrit.
What part of speech is nimbly?
Nimbly is an adverb.

Words near nimbly in the dictionary

  1. nimbless
  2. nimblesses
  3. nimblest
  4. nimblewill
  5. nimbling
  6. nimbly
  7. nimbo
  8. nimbocumulus
  9. nimbolide
  10. Nimboran
  11. nimbose

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