Both Uses of
agile
in
Nicholas Nickleby
- At that instant, and almost simultaneously with her arrival and that of the candle, there was heard a loud and furious knocking at the street-door, which caused Newman Noggs to jump up, with great agility, from a beer-barrel on which he had been seated astride, and to exclaim abruptly, and with a face of ashy paleness, 'Bobster, by the Lord!'†
Chpt 40
- 'You shall see,' said Tim, getting off his stool with great agility, 'you shall see, not only Mr Charles, but Mr Ned likewise.'†
Chpt 59 *
Definition:
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(agile) able to move well quickly and easily
or:
able to think well quickly and easily