Nimble

Adjective

 * 1) Quick and light in movement or action.
 * He was too nimble for the assailant and easily escaped his grasp.
 * 1) Quick-witted and alert.
 * She has a nimble mind and can improvise in any situation.

Adverbs for Nimble
actively; alertly; unbelievably; surprisingly; remarkably; miraculously; noticeably; obviously; amazingly; unusually; lightly; deftly; adroitly; cleverly; smartly; expertly; peculiarly; incredibly; dexterously; wondrously; briskly; vigilantly.

Thesaurus
active, acute, adroit, agile, alacritous, alert, alive, apt, attentive, awake, brainy, breakneck, bright, brilliant, brisk, catty, clever, coruscating, dashing, deft, dexterous, dispatchful, double-quick, eagle-winged, energetic, expeditious, express, fast, featly, fleet, flying, galloping, gifted, graceful, hair-trigger, handy, hasty, headlong, hustling, intelligent, keen, keen-witted, light, light of heel, light-footed, lightsome, limber, lithe, lively, mercurial, neat-fingered, neat-handed, nimble-footed, nimble-witted, no dumbbell, not born yesterday, on the, on the alert, on the ball, on the job, peart, precipitate, prompt, qui vive, quick, quick as lightning, quick as thought, quick-thinking, quick-witted, rapid, ready, reckless, running, scintillating, sharp, sharp-witted, sleepless, smart, snappy, spanking, sparkling, speedy, sprightly, spry, steel-trap, sure-footed, swift, talented, unblinking, unnodding, unsleeping, unwinking, vigilant, wakeful, watchful, wide-awake, winged, zippy

Etymology
From nymel:, nemel:, merger of  næmel: and  numol:, both from niman: + -el:, -ol:. Compare German nehmen: Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽:, Old Norse nema:. More at.

Translations

 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, ,
 * German: schnell, gelenkig, behänd, flink, wendig
 * Greek: ευκίνητος, σβέλτος
 * Hungarian:, hajlékony,


 * Italian:, ,
 * Norwegian: kjapp, rask
 * Portuguese:
 * Scots:
 * Spanish: ágil
 * Turkish: atik, çevik, açıkgöz, çabukluk


 * Dutch: ,,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Greek: εύστροφος
 * Hungarian:, ötletes


 * Italian:, , ,
 * Norwegian: rask
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Spanish: hábil