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Synonyms for nimbly
The synonym for nimbly recorded in this bank is deftly, in the sense "in a quick, light, and skillful way". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for nimbly
- deftlyadverb, in the sense "in a quick, light, and skillful way"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day nimbly is audited in a second meaning.
in a quick, light, and skillful way
She dodged the falling branch nimbly, barely breaking her stride.
The true synonym
deftly
Same sentence, swapped: She dodged the falling branch deftly, barely breaking her stride.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot nimbly is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- sluggishly
- hastily
- cautiously
Where nimbly turns up in the game
nimbly is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play nimbly
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so nimbly reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because the body is the company nimbly keeps.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. nimbly carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.