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Definition: Nimbleness |
NimblenessNoun1. The gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "nimbleness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references) |
Synonyms: NimblenessSynonyms: agility (n), legerity (n), lightness (n), lightsomeness (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Activity | Nimbleness, agility; smartness, quickness; Adjective: velocity; alacrity, promptitude; despatch, dispatch; expedition; haste; punctuality; (early). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Nimbleness |
| English words defined with "nimbleness": Agileness ♦ Deliverness ♦ Nimbless ♦ To make haste. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "nimbleness": Nimbless. (references) |
| "Nimbleness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Nimbleness" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 10 | 111,207 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "nimbleness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حنكة (cleverness, experience), رشاقة (agility, alacrity, deftness, fluency, fluidity, gracefulness, graciousness, lightness, liveliness, quickness, readiness, sleight of hand, swiftness, thinness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ketteryys (agility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | vivacité, souplesse, prestesse, agilité. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | gewandtheit (accomplishment, adroitness, agility, cleverness, deftness, dexterity, dexterousness, elegance, eloquence, expertness, facility, glibness, handiness, neatness, savoir faire, skilfulness, skillfulness, suaveness, suavity, urbanity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ευστροφία (adaptability, agility, shiftiness, versatileness, versatility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מיומ ות (artifice, dexterity, knack, proficiency, skill), זריזות (agility, alertness, dexterity, expedition, facility, knack, liveliness, pep, pertness, quickness, skill). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | fürgeség (agility, alacrity, briskness, deftness, dexterity, expedition, snap, swiftness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | kegesitan (agility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sveltezza (agility, briskness, deftness, quickness, speed, swiftness), scioltezza (agility, fluency), leggerezza (fickleness, imprudence, levity, lightness, thinness), agilit (agility, ease, fleetness, lightness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | skibbyltys (activeness, activeness of person, agility, light-footedness, suppleness), looraght (strength), lheihltys (activeness, activeness of person). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | imblenessnay vivo (above ground, active, acute, adroit, agile, alert, alive, argute, bobbish, bouncing, brainy, breezy, bright, brisk, buoyant, chirpy, clear-sighted, clinking, coltish, Cork, Corky, crisp, dapper, diagram, fervently, frit, gauffer, gay, graphic card, graphically, hasty, hurry, intense, juicy, keen, kittenish, knowing, light, lightsome, live, lively, living, lummox, lute, mercurial, mettled, mettlesome, Nirvana, parlance, perm, pertain, piddle, piping, poignantly, quick, racy, rattling, resilient, shrewd, smart, spanking, speaking, spirited, sprightly, spry, stirring, subtil, subtile, subtle, swift, swift-handed, vivacious, vivid, volatile, warm, watchful, zippy), agilidade (ability, agility). (various references) sprintenealã (agility, quickness). (various references) ingenio (ability, apparatus, artfulness, cleverness, consciousness, contraption, device, engine, erudition, foundry, genius, ingenuity, inventiveness, mill, plant, saltiness, talented person, wisp, wit), agilidad (accomplishment, adroitness, agility, deftness, dexterousness, expertness, lightning, quickness, readiness, skilfulness, skill, skillfulness). (various references) ความว่องไว (lightness). (various references) uyanıklık (alertness, being awake, guard, monkey tricks, shenanigan, sleeplessness, smartness, vigilance, wariness, watchfulness), çeviklik (agility, fleetness), çabukluk (celerity, expedition, fastness, haste, lightness, promptitude, promptness, quickness, readiness, speed, speediness, swiftness). (various references) спритність (ability, activity, adroitness, agility, alertness, artfulness, cleverness, deftness, efficiency, knack, policy, readiness, sleight), рухливість (agility, mercuriality, mobility, motility, movability), кмітливість (acumen, acuteness, apprehension, aptitude, aptness, brightness, gumption, headpiece, intelligence, nous, pregnancy, prehension, quick wits, quickness, sagacity, savvy, sharpness, understanding), винахідливість (adroitness, contrivance, ingenuity, initiative, invention, inventiveness, resourcefulness), моторність (adroitness, agility, alertness, celerity, deftness, dexterity), меткість (artfulness, celerity, dexterity), жвавість (agility, alacrity, alertness, animation, liveliness, mercuriality, oomph, quickness, sparkle, starch, tightness, verve, vigor, vigour, vivacity), дотепність (ingenuity, repartee, smartness, wit). (various references) sự nhanh trí (brightness), sự nhanh nhẹn tính lanh lợi, sự lanh lẹ. (various references) chwimder. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | agilitate. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "nimbleness": nimblenesses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "nimbleness" (pronounced 'Nim"ble*ness'): Abjectedness, Abjectness, Ableness, Abominableness, Abortiveness, Abruptness, Absentness, Absoluteness, Absorptiveness, Abstemiousness, Abstersiveness, Abstractedness, Abstractiveness, Abstractness, Abstruseness, Absurdness, Abusiveness, Acceptableness, Accessariness, Accessoriness, Accidentalness, Accommodableness, Accommodateness, Accurateness, Accustomedness, Acidness, Acquaintedness, Acquisitiveness, Acrimoniousness, Activeness, Actualness, Acuteness, Adaptedness, Adaptiveness, Adaptness, Addictedness, Addle-patedness, Adeptness, Adequateness, Adhesiveness, Admirableness, Adorableness, Adroitness, Adultness, Advantageousness, Adventurousness, Adverseness, Advisable-ness, Advisedness, Affableness, Affectedness, Affectionateness, Afflictedness, Affluentness, Affrontiveness, Agedness, Agileness, Agreeableness, Airiness, Alacriousness, Albiness, Alertness, Algidness, Alimentariness, Alimentiveness, Allness, Allowableness, Allusiveness, Almightiness, Aloneness, Aloofness, Alterableness, Alternateness, Alternativeness, Amativeness, Amazedness, Ambidextrousness, Ambiguousness, Ambitiousness, Amenableness, Amiableness, Amicableness, Amorousness, Ampleness, Analogicalness, Ancientness, Angelicalness, Angriness, Angularness, Anileness, Animalness, Animoseness, Anomalousness, Anonymousness, Answerableness, Anticness, Antiquatedness, Antiquateness, Antiqueness, Anxiousness, Apartness, Apertness, Apetalousness, Apishness, Apocryphalness, Apostolicalness, Apparentness, Appellativeness, Apportionateness, Appreciativeness, Apprehensiveness, Approachableness, Approbativeness, Appropriateness, Aptness, Aqueousness, Arbitrariness, Archness, Ardentness, Arduousness, Arguteness, Aridness, Arrogantness, Artfulness, Articulateness, Artificialness, ARTLESSNESS, Associableness, Assuredness, Attainableness, Audaciousness, Audibleness, Augustness, Austereness, Authenticalness, Authenticness, Availableness, Averseness, Awesomeness, Awfulness, Awlessness, Backhandedness, backwardness, Badness, Baldness, Balefulness, Barbarousness, Barefacedness, Bareness, Barrenness, Baseness, Bashfulness, Bawdiness, Beaminess, Beardlessness, Bearishness, Beastliness, Becomingness, Beeriness, Beggarliness, Beholdingness, Beneficialness, Betterness, Bewilderedness, Bewitchedness, Bigness, Biliousness, Bindingness, Bitterness, Blackness, Blamelessness, Blandness, Blankness, Bleareyedness, Blessedness, Blindness, Blitheness, Bloatedness, Blondness, Bloodiness, Bloomingness, Blueness, Bluffness, Bluntness, Bodiliness, Boisterousness, Boldness, Boniness, Bonniness, Boskiness, Boyishness, Brackishness, Branchiness, Brassiness, Braveness, Brawniness, Brazenness, Breathableness, Breathlessness, Breeziness, Brickleness, Briefness, brightness, Brilliantness, Brininess, Brinishness, Briskness, Bristliness, Brittleness, Broadness, Brokenness, Brotelness, Brotherliness, Brownness, Brushiness, Brusqueness, Bruteness, Budgeness, Bugginess, Bulkiness, Bumptiousness, Bunchiness, Burliness, Bushiness, Business, Butcherliness, Calcareousness, Calmness, Candidness, Canniness, Canonicalness, Canorousness, Capableness, Capaciousness, Capillariness, Capitalness, Captiousness, Carefulness, Carelessness, Carnal-mindedness, Casualness, Categoricalness, Catholicness, Causelessness, Causticness, Cautiousness, Cavalierness, Ceremonialness, Ceremoniousness, Certainness, Chalkiness, Championness, Changeableness, Chargeableness, Chariness, Charitableness, Chasteness, Chattiness, Cheapness, Cheatableness, Cheerfulness, Cheeriness, Cheerisness, Cheesiness, Childishness, Childlessness, Childness, Chilliness, Chillness, Choiceness, Chopness, Christianness, Chubbedness, Chuffiness, Churchliness, Churlishness, Circumspectness, Clamminess, Cleanliness, Cleanness, Clearedness, Clearness, Clear-sightedness, Clerkliness, Cleverness, Clogginess, Closeness, Cloudiness, Clownishness, Clumsiness, Coarseness, Cognateness, Coldness, Collateralness, Collectedness, Collectiveness, Combativeness, Combustibleness, Comeliness, Comfortableness, Commensurateness, Commodiousness, Commonness, Commonplaceness, Communicativeness, Commutableness, Compactedness, Compactness, Compassionateness, Compatibleness, Compendiousness, Completeness, Complexedness, Complexness, Complicateness, Comprehensibleness, Comprehensiveness, Compressibleness, Concaveness, Conceitedness, Concentrativeness, Conciseness, Conclusiveness, Concreteness, Concupiscibleness, Concurrentness, Condignness, Conducibleness, Conduciveness, Confidentness, Confirmedness, Conformableness, Confoundedness, Confusedness, Congealedness, Congenialness, Conicalness, Conjointness, Conjunctiveness, Connaturalness, Conscientiousness, Conscionableness, Consciousness, Consecutiveness, Consequentialness, Conservativeness, Considerableness, Consonantness, Constructiveness, Consumptiveness, Contagiousness, Contemplativeness, Contemporariness, Contemptibleness, Contemptuousness, Contingentness, Contractedness, Contractibleness, Contradictoriness, Contrariness, Contriteness, Controllableness, Conversableness, Convertibleness, Convexedness, Convexness, Convincingness, Coolness, Coordinateness, Copiousness, Cordialness, Corkiness, Corporealness, Correctness, Correlativeness, Corrigibleness, Corrosibleness, Corruptness, Costiveness, Costliness, Courageousness, Courteousness, Courtliness, Covertness, Covetiveness, Covetousness, Cowardliness, Coyness, Coziness, Cradgedness, Craftiness, Cragginess, Crankiness, Crankness, Crassness, Crazedness, Craziness, Creaminess, Creativeness, Credibleness. 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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-e-i-l-m-n-n-s-s" | |
-2 letters: beslimes, besmiles, blennies, linesmen, sensible. | |
-3 letters: bennies, beslime, besmile, enisles, ensiles, innless, lensmen, linemen, milnebs, nemesis, seniles, siemens, simnels. | |
-4 letters: belies, bennes, bennis, elemis, emesis, enisle, ensile, lebens, lenses, lessen, limens, linens, menses, mesnes, milneb, missel, nimble, seines, semens, senile, simnel, slimes, smiles. | |
-5 letters: belie, benes, benne, benni, biles, bines, bises, bless, bliss, elemi, isles, leben, lenes, lenis, lense, liens, limbs, limen, limes, limns, linen, lines, linns, mense, mesne, miens, miles, mines, mises, neems, nenes, nines, seels, seems, seine, seise, seism, semen, semes, semis, sense, sines, slime, slims, smile, snibs. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-e-i-l-m-n-n-s-s" | |
+2 letters: nimblenesses. | |
+4 letters: commonsensible, imaginableness, inimitableness, terminableness. | |
+5 letters: impregnableness, indomitableness, inflammableness, noncompressible, unclimbableness. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 69 6D 62 6C 65 6E 65 73 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. .. -- -... .-.. . -. . ... ... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01101001 01101101 01100010 01101100 01100101 01101110 01100101 01110011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N i m b l e n e s s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0069 006D 0062 006C 0065 006E 0065 0073 0073 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)48757968787180718585 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Translations: Ancient 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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