All 3 Uses of
nimble
in
Babbitt
- He was forty-six years old now, in April, 1920, and he made nothing in particular, neither butter nor shoes nor poetry, but he was nimble in the calling of selling houses for more than people could afford to pay.†
Chpt 1 *
- At first he had played nimble jester to Paul and for him sought amusements; by the end of the week Paul was nurse, and Babbitt accepted favors with the condescension one always shows a patient nurse.†
Chpt 11
- He began to rejoice that Carrie Nork and Pete, the most nearly intelligent of the nimble youths, seemed to like him; and it was enormously important to win over the surly older man, who proved to be a railway clerk named Fulton Bemis.†
Chpt 29
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)