nimbly
Adverb
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Adverb
nimbly
- in a nimble manner
- ca. 1592-3 --- Shakespeare: The Tragedie of Richard the Third
- And now, in stead of mounting Barbed Steeds, To fright the Soules of fearfull Adversaries, He capers nimbly in a Ladies Chamber, To the lascivious pleasing of a Lute
- 2000 -- Eiji Yoshikawa: Taiko: An Epic Novel of War and Glory in Feudal Japan [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN4770026099&id=7eViflk6d9IC&pg=PP1&lpg=PP1&ots=4rsrFEY4Pl&dq=%22,+nimbly+jumping+up+and+snatching+a+bee+out+of+the+air%22&sig=R5p9PuInBl3LFAjRn7DEXPTht6A#PRA3-PA1,M1]
- "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!"
- ca. 1592-3 --- Shakespeare: The Tragedie of Richard the Third
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