nimbly scaling an iron gate. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective, : nimble feet. ,a nimble mind. ,a story with a nimble plot. From Dictionary.com.
And the minister pledged that the government would respond "nimbly" to any appeals that the organisation makes. From Wordnik.com. [Epolitix News] Reference
Within moments, the president nimbly scrambled aboard. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
A few falls to begin with, but she jumped up again nimbly. From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
They turned nimbly to their tasks, and Joe resumed his seat. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
She got up and flew as nimbly as a deer out of the ball-room. From Wordnik.com. [Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk] Reference
"I think I can," replied Dave, arising quite nimbly to his feet. From Wordnik.com. [Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane] Reference
The boat dropped astern, but the pilot nimbly boarded the lugger. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Many Lands] Reference
There he shook me by the hand and sprang nimbly into the first bus. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Ojeeg nimbly followed, and they found themselves on a beautiful, green plain. From Wordnik.com. [Thirty Indian Legends] Reference
And nimbly springing behind a clump of lilac-trees in flower, Micheline disappeared. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
After a run-in with the government, his sponsors and the law, he nimbly changed tactics. From Wordnik.com. [Scorching The Screen] Reference
A terrible shriek rent the air and the cat jumped, nimbly avoiding a wildly flailing mitt. From Wordnik.com. [Pigeon Post] Reference
But the latter nimbly dodged and, a moment later leaped over the rail, followed by the giant. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Great Searchlight; or, on the border for Uncle Sam] Reference
Warruk bounded after it but it slipped nimbly into a crevice in the rotten wood and was gone. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Phantom] Reference
The eleven fortunate men jumped nimbly to their feet and filed quickly out of the locker room. From Wordnik.com. [Over the Line] Reference
Illustration: Talking animals antiquely attired: Joyce's zestful book bows nimbly to tradition. From Wordnik.com. [Make Room For Bently] Reference
A dark form emerged from the wall of trees opposite her and ran nimbly onto the swaying bridge. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Phantom] Reference
And, nimbly as a bird, Lily hopped on the banister, with her back to the wall, and -- w-w-w-w-whew!. From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
Ida climbed into the big car nimbly enough, and sat on the thick cushions in the roomy tonneau beside Mary. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls] Reference
CHAPLIN nimbly stepped in, and reasonably looked forward to crowning epoch in shining Parliamentary career. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 22, 1893] Reference
As even Pentagon officials will concede, the CIA can move more nimbly than the military in these situations. From Wordnik.com. [A Street Fight] Reference
Among the harvesters were three young women, who were nimbly binding sheaves, with little children around them. From Wordnik.com. [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference
He next crept through an open window to a ladder he had placed there, down which he ran as nimbly as a squirrel. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Stories for the Story-teller] Reference
I made for the door, but he threw himself nimbly in my way, grimacing, raising his eyebrows, one finger on his ribs. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
At that moment a coach was passing at a furious speed, and thinking of nothing but his safety, he jumped nimbly up behind. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
"Oh, I want to see what the place looks like," replied Ruth, as she nimbly climbed the ladder and stepped off into the mow. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Treasure] Reference
Look at that little squirrel, see how nimbly he climbs the tree; now he hides on a forked branch and thinks we do not see him. From Wordnik.com. [Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children] Reference
A general scramble followed, in which the old fellow nimbly joined, shouting out between his boisterous explosions of merriment. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Then, binding my feet again, they laid me on the hard rock near the mouth of the cave, and climbed nimbly back as they had come. From Wordnik.com. [Anting-Anting Stories And other Strange Tales of the Filipinos] Reference
Jacanas, birds with wide-spreading toes, ran nimbly over the lily pads on the surface, seemingly skating across the water itself. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Phantom] Reference
Small companies have younger, cheaper work forces and can move more nimbly in deregulating markets than Japan's lumbering giants. From Wordnik.com. [Will The Rising Sun Shine?] Reference
The latter had met with an accident and had to have one of his hind legs amputated, but he got about very nimbly on his other three. From Wordnik.com. [A Portrait of Old George Town] Reference
It hops nimbly up the trunk, tapping here and there with its beak, and then listening for the movements of the disturbed wood-borers. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
Its tiny 2. 0-liter engine is surprisingly quick, and it's small enough to weave nimbly in and out of even the nastiest L.A. traffic. From Wordnik.com. [Road Test | Ragtop Beetle] Reference
When Anna first walks into the bookshop, William nimbly chats her up even as he admonishes a shoplifter who's put a book down his pants. From Wordnik.com. [In Love In London Town] Reference
Before I could stop him, the curé, in his black soutane, had clambered nimbly to the roof of the big car and was lashing my traps next to. From Wordnik.com. [A Village of Vagabonds] Reference
Alan nodded and watched carefully as Hawkes 'fingers flew nimbly over the controlling studs the instant the tables lit for the next round. From Wordnik.com. [Starman's Quest] Reference
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