All 3 Uses of
nimble
in
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Bellevigne de l'Etoile nimbly mounted the transverse beam, and in another minute, Gringoire, on raising his eyes, beheld him, with terror, seated upon the beam above his head.†
Chpt 1.2.6 *nimbly = quickly and easily
- "Come, now," resumed Phoebus, "you escaped nimbly the other evening.†
Chpt 2.7.1
- The scholar finally reached the balcony of the gallery, and climbed over it nimbly, to the applause of the whole vagabond tribe.†
Chpt 2.10.4
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)