nimbly

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Nimbly out of the bullet-riddled car stepped Eleutherios Venizelos, since 1910 eight times Premier of Greece, bitter foe of present Premier Panayoti Tsaldaris.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nimbly toe-dancing on the baseline, she suddenly stops bouncing and slugs scorching drives�forehand or backhand�deep into enemy territory.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nimbly stretching Honduran corojo tobacco leaves with moistened fingertips, she strips the stems with a flat, semicircular blade.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nimbly he leaped to the top of the partitions, caught a whiff of pure peanut butter, and took off across the top edges of the maze.

From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary

Nimbly they ran to push the fir pole high and step it firm amidships in the box, make fast the forestays, and hoist aloft the white sail on its halyards.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer