nimbly

1. 1.

   in a nimble or agile manner; with quickness and lightness and ease

   “nimbly scaling an iron gate”

   “leaped agilely from roof to roof”

   Synonymsagilely

Questions about nimbly

What does nimbly mean?

nimbly means "in a nimble or agile manner; with quickness and lightness and ease".

How many syllables are in nimbly?

nimbly has 2 syllables: nim-bly. The stress falls on "nim". In IPA it is /ˈnɪmbli/.

What is another word for nimbly?

Close synonyms include agilely. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nimbly a common word?

nimbly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.