NIMBLENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nimbleness mean? 

• NIMBLENESS (noun)
  The noun NIMBLENESS has 2 senses:

1. intelligence as revealed by quickness and alertness of mind

2. the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble

  Familiarity information: NIMBLENESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NIMBLENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Intelligence as revealed by quickness and alertness of mind

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

mental dexterity; nimbleness

Context example:

nimbleness of wit and imagination

Hypernyms ("nimbleness" is a kind of...):

intelligence (the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience)

Derivation:

nimble (mentally quick)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

agility; legerity; lightness; lightsomeness; nimbleness

Hypernyms ("nimbleness" is a kind of...):

gracefulness (beautiful carriage)

Derivation:

nimble (moving quickly and lightly)

 Context examples 

Van Helsing stepped from the carriage with the eager nimbleness of a boy.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Mugridge seemed to be in rabid fear of the water, and he exhibited a nimbleness and speed we did not dream he possessed.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

And now that's done, said the blind man; and at the words he suddenly left hold of me, and with incredible accuracy and nimbleness, skipped out of the parlour and into the road, where, as I still stood motionless, I could hear his stick go tap-tap-tapping into the distance.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)