All 3 Uses of
nimble
in
The Hobbit
- Then if Bilbo was very nimble, he could slip out just behind them; though it was a dangerous thing to do.
Chpt 9 *nimble = quick and light on his feet
- Then off he went from door to door, until his following had grown to twelve-none of them any too nimble, what with the dark, and what with their long imprisonment.
Chpt 9nimble = quick or agile
- But Bard and some of the nimblest of men and elves climbed to the height of the Eastern shoulder to gain a view to the North.
Chpt 17nimblest = most quick and agile
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)