nimbly
pronunciation
How to pronounce nimbly in British English:
UK ['nɪmblɪ]
How to pronounce nimbly in American English:
US ['nɪmblɪ]
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- Adverb:
- in a nimble or agile manner; with quickness and lightness and ease
Word Origin
- nimbly (adv.)
- mid-14c., from nimble + -ly (adv.).
Example
- 1. So far , fast-food firms have nimbly avoided government regulation .
- 2. But if the virus ever evolved to hop nimbly from person to person it too could wreak a pandemic .
- 3. In her dissection of the controversy , she nimbly dispels a string of falsehoods and misperceptions .
- 4. Or will chinese firms adapt nimbly to automation and remain fearsome competitors ?
- 5. Machines screen thousands of drugs each year , robotic arms nimbly handling plates of compounds to test their effect on bacteria .