nimbleness

nimbleness
n
1. agility, sprightliness, spryness, featliness, lightness, gracefulness, grace; nimble-footedness, fleet-footedness, light-footedness, light-leggedness; legerity, alacrity, celerity, activity, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, address; speed, speediness, swiftness, fleetness, quickness; briskness, smartness, spiritedness, energy, Inf. peppiness.
2. skill, skillfulness, adroitness, dexterity, deftness, finesse, nimble-fingeredness, neat-fingeredness, neat-handedness; cleverness, resourcefulness, ingenuity.
3. alertness, attentiveness, readiness, sharpness, keenness, acuteness; intelligence, smartness, Inf. braininess, brightness, Sl. smarts, Sl. savvy; sharp-wittedness, quick-wittedness, nimble-wittedness, clear or quick thinking; esprit, ready wit, quick wit, sharp wit, nimble wit.

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  • Nimbleness — Nim ble*ness, n. The quality of being nimble; lightness and quickness in motion; agility; swiftness. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • nimbleness — index dispatch (promptness) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • nimbleness — noun 1. the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble • Syn: ↑agility, ↑legerity, ↑lightness, ↑lightsomeness • Derivationally related forms: ↑nimble, ↑lightsome (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • nimbleness — noun see nimble …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • nimbleness — See nimble. * * * …   Universalium

  • nimbleness — noun the quality of being nimble Tis better that the enemy seek us; …   Wiktionary

  • nimbleness — Synonyms and related words: acuity, acuteness, adroitness, agility, alacrity, alertness, aptitude, aptness, attention, attentiveness, braininess, brightness, brilliance, briskness, clear thinking, cleverness, dexterity, dispatch, esprit,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • nimbleness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. grace, vivacity, skill; see agility . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or state of being mentally agile: agileness, agility, dexterity, dexterousness, quickness. See ABILITY …   English dictionary for students

  • nimbleness — nim·ble·ness || nɪmblnɪs n. quickness; easiness of movement; cleverness …   English contemporary dictionary

  • nimbleness — n. Briskness, smartness, agility, spryness, alertness, activity, sprightliness, celerity, speed, swiftness …   New dictionary of synonyms

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