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English
Etymology
From nimble + -ly.
Adverb
nimbly (comparative more nimbly, superlative most nimbly)
- in a nimble manner
c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 173:And now, in ſtead of mounting Barbed Steeds, / To fright the Soules of fearfull Aduersaries, / He capers nimbly in a Ladies Chamber, / To the laſcivious pleaſing of a Lute.
1834 [1799], Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, “The Devil's Thoughts”, in The Poetical Works of S. T. Coleridge, volume II, London: W. Pickering, page 85:“Nimbly” quoth he, “do the fingers move / If a man be but used to his trade.”
2000, Eiji Yoshikawa, translated by William Scott Wilson, Taiko: An Epic Novel of War and Glory in Feudal Japan, →ISBN:"The bee belongs to the one who caught it! If you catch it, it's your bee!" he said, nimbly jumping up and snatching a bee out of the air. "Yow! This one's mine!"
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