Both Uses
nimble
in
Romeo and Juliet
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- Not I, believe me. You have dancing shoes
With nimble soles. I have a soul of lead
So stakes me to the ground I cannot move.†p. 43.4 *nimble = quick and agile - The clock struck nine when I did send the Nurse.
In half an hour she promised to return.
Perchance she cannot meet him. That's not so.
O, she is lame! Love's heralds should be thoughts,
Which ten times faster glides than the sun's beams,
Driving back shadows over louring hills.
Therefore do nimble-pinioned doves draw Love,
And therefore hath the wind-swift Cupid wings.
Now is the sun upon the highmost hill
Of this day's journey, and from nine till twelve
Is three long hours, yet she is not come.
Had she affections and warm youthful blood,
She would be as swift in motion as a ball;†p. 105.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(nimble) quick and agile -- typically physically, but can also reference quick, agile thinking
(someone who is agile does things easily) - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)