All 8 Uses of
nimble
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- He capered before them down towards the fortyfoot hole, fluttering his winglike hands, leaping nimbly, Mercury's hat quivering in the fresh wind that bore back to them his brief birdsweet cries.†
Chpt 1nimbly = quickly and easily
- A swarthy boy opened a book and propped it nimbly under the breastwork of his satchel.†
Chpt 2 *
- He stepped aside nimbly.†
Chpt 6
- A telegram boy stepped in nimbly, threw an envelope on the counter and stepped off posthaste with a word: —Freeman!†
Chpt 7
- Mr Bloom moved nimbly aside.†
Chpt 7
- He followed the hasty creaking shoes but stood by nimbly by the threshold, saluting forms, a bulky with a slender.†
Chpt 11
- Nimbly they dance, twirling their skipping ropes.†
Chpt 15
- So saying he skipped around, nimbly considering, frankly at the same time apologetic to get on his companion's right, a habit of his, by the bye, his right side being, in classical idiom, his tender Achilles.†
Chpt 16
Definitions:
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(1)
(nimble) quick and agile -- typically physically, but can also reference quick, agile thinking
(someone who is agile does things easily) - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)