nimbleness
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nimbleness (countable and uncountable, plural nimblenesses)
- The quality of being nimble.
- 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
- 'Tis better that the enemy seek us;
So shall he waste his means, weary his soldiers,
Doing himself offense, whilst we lying still
Are full of rest, defense, and nimbleness.
Antonyms[edit]
- (property of being nimble): sluggishness
Translations[edit]
the quality of being nimble
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