unnimblyadv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈnɪmbli/, U.S. /ˌənˈnɪmb(ə)li/ Now rare.
In a manner that is not nimble.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [adverb]
lateeOE
latelyOE
heavilyc1000
hoolya1340
slowlyc1384
slowa1398
sluggedlyc1450
tarryingly1530
loiteringly1547
sluggishly1565
languishingly1579
limpingly1579
lingeringly1589
tarde1598
unnimbly1607
longsomelyc1610
tardilya1616
languidly1655
heavy1701
slack1854
snailishly1889
tharfly1894
pole pole1902
weedy-slow1921
the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [adverb] > tardily or sluggishly
slacklyc960
latelyOE
heavilyc1000
hoolya1340
sluggedlyc1450
sluggishlyc1450
tarryingly1530
loiteringly1547
tediously1557
languishingly1579
limpingly1579
lingeringly1589
unnimbly1607
longsomelyc1610
tardilya1616
a-sluga1620
sluggingly1653
languidly1655
dilatorily1700
heavy1701
lagginglyc1817
laggardly1835
slack1854
slackly1884
logily1912
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice ii. 126 Which hee dooing at the first slouenlie, and vnnimbly, you shal..beat him about the buttocks.
1632 A. Townshend Albions Triumph 7 What mak's me so vnnimbly ryse, That did descend so fleete?
1665 R. Brathwait Comment Two Tales Chaucer 170 Like another Omphada, she had unnimbly rushed down upon her four Quarters.
1704 Dict. Rusticum at Rules for buying Horses To tread unnimbly, shews a false Pace, that never continues.
1929 E. Hueston Ginger & Speed i. 24 Her unwelcome..guests got themselves, and not unnimbly, from the ramshackle old Ford cab.
2003 N. Clark Hills at Home iii.178 The big trees had come tearing and toppling down... Gee unnimbly walked their lengths.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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