nimbleness

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

NIM'BLENESS, noun Lightness and agility in motion; quickness; celerity; speed; swiftness. It implies lightness and springiness. The stag thought it better to trust to the nimbleness of his feet. Ovid ranged over Parnassus with great nimbleness and agility.
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