All 8 Uses of
nimble
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- He capered before them down towards the forty-foot 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
Definition:
quick and agile -- typically physically, but can also reference quick, agile thinking
(someone who is agile does things easily)
(someone who is agile does things easily)