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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)
- 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.1.2.6 — Vol 1 Bk 2 Chpt 6 — The Broken Jug (86% in)
- "Come, now," resumed Phoebus, "you escaped nimbly the other evening.2.7.1 — Vol 2 Bk 7 Chpt 1 — The Danger of Confiding One's.... (66% in)
- The scholar finally reached the balcony of the gallery, and climbed over it nimbly, to the applause of the whole vagabond tribe.2.10.4 — Vol 2 Bk 10 Chpt 4 — An Awkward Friend (84% in)
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