nimbleness
Light-footed ease
Nimbleness is the quality of being nimble—quick, light, and agile in movement or thought.
Physical nimbleness lets a gymnast land precisely or a pickpocket work undetected.
Mental nimbleness allows quick thinking and adaptability: His nimbleness in debate made him hard to pin down.
The word suggests grace rather than mere speed.
Accuracy of measurement
- finesseSubtle, deft handling
- adeptnessHighly developed ability
- deftnessSkillful ease of movement
- skillAcquired ability through practice
handiness · manipulation · proficiency · sleight · touch · control · technique · craftsmanship
State of being fast
- sprynessLithe, energetic movement quality
- livelinessAnimated, energetic quality
- reflexesAutomatic physical responses
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
flexibility · mobility · acrobatics · gymnastics · athleticism · catlike · reactivity · suppleness
Fast at thinking
- sharpFine-edged, or astute
- alertnessActive mental awareness
- astutenessShrewd perceptiveness
- clevernessMental quickness and skill
adaptability · resourcefulness · shrewdness · perceptiveness · ingenuity · mental agility · keenness · acuity
precision
Accuracy of measurement
skill · handiness · manipulation · proficiency · sleight · touch · control · technique · craftsmanship · facility
quickness
State of being fast
- sprynessLithe, energetic movement quality
- livelinessAnimated, energetic quality
- reflexesAutomatic physical responses
coordination · flexibility · mobility · acrobatics · gymnastics · athleticism · catlike · reactivity · suppleness · fleetness
quick-witted
Fast at thinking
- sharpFine-edged, or astute
- alertnessActive mental awareness
- astutenessShrewd perceptiveness
cleverness · adaptability · resourcefulness · shrewdness · perceptiveness · ingenuity · mental agility · keenness · acuity · sharpness
elegance
Refined, graceful quality
ballet · gazelle · delicacy · sylphlike · lithe · willowy · effortlessness · smoothness · ease · featherlight
- movementwalk, move, go, run, jump
- skillsskills, skill, ability, abilities, competencies
- athleticismspeed, agility, strength, endurance, stamina
- dexteritydexterous, adroit, deft, agility, deftness
- gracegracefulness, elegance, poise, finesse, fluidity
- agility trainingagility drills, ladder drills, cone drills, footwork, balance training
nimblenessclumsiness
Lack of physical grace
awkwardness · sluggishness · ungainliness · gracelessness · klutziness
nimblenessslow-wittedness
Inability to think quickly
dullness · obtuseness · denseness · thick-headedness · torpidity
nimblenessclumsiness
Lack of physical grace
heavy-handedness · unhandiness · klutziness · ham-fistedness · fumbling