Both Uses of
nimble
in
Anne Of Green Gables
- First of all Carrie Sloane dared Ruby Gillis to climb to a certain point in the huge old willow tree before the front door; which Ruby Gillis, albeit in mortal dread of the fat green caterpillars with which said tree was infested and with the fear of her mother before her eyes if she should tear her new muslin dress, nimbly did, to the discomfiture of the aforesaid Carrie Sloane.†
Chpt 23
- Gilbert obligingly rowed to the landing and Anne, disdaining assistance, sprang nimbly on shore.†
Chpt 28 *
Definition:
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(nimble) quick and agile -- typically physically, but can also reference quick, agile thinking
(someone who is agile does things easily)