(adv.) In an alert manner; nimbly.

Admirable Crichton Attic Machiavellian Machiavellic Siberian V-shaped Y-shaped abrupt abruptly absonant absorbing accidental accurately acerb acerbate acerbic acicular acid acidic acidulent acidulous acrid acrimonious acuminate acute adept adroit adventurer affecting afflictive aggressive agile agonizing akimbo alacritous alert alertly algid alive amaroidal angular apt arch arctic argute artful artisan artist asperous astringent astute at the gun atonal atrocious attache attentive attentively austere authority awake bang bearish beastly below zero bent betting ring bettor biting bitter bitter as gall bitterly cold bleak bluff blunt bold boneshaker boreal brainy brash braw breakneck breve bright brilliant brisk brumal brusque bunco artist bunco steerer cacophonous cagey calculating canny cardshark cardsharp cardsharper carefully carpetbagger caustic cavalier cheerless chic chiseling churlish classy clever clothes-conscious coarse cold cold as charity cold as death cold as ice cold as marble collusive comfortless compulsive gambler con artist con man confidence man connaisseur connoisseur consultant cordon bleu cornered corroding corrosive cosmopolitan covinous crack shot cracked craftsman crafty cramping crap shooter creaky crimp crisp crooked crotched crotchet cruel crusty cunning curt cuspidate cute cutting dapper dash dashing dead shot deceitful deep deep-felt deep-laid deepgoing demisemiquaver deplorable depressing depressive designing dexterous diaphonic diplomat diplomatic diplomatist discomforting disconsonant discordant disharmonic disharmonious dishonest dismal dismaying dispatchful dissonant distressful distressing dolorific dolorogenic dolorous dominant dominant note double whole note double-edged drastic dreary dressed to advantage dressed to kill dressy drilling droll ear-piercing ear-splitting edge edged eighth note elder statesman elegant enharmonic enharmonic note escharotic exactly excessive excruciating exorbitant expeditious experienced hand expert expert consultant exquisite extravagant extreme facetious FALSE falsehearted fashionable fast featheredged feline fierce finagling fine flat fly forked foxy fraudulent freezing freezing cold frigid funny furcal furcate furious furtive gambler gamester gelid geniculate geniculated genteel gifted glacial gnawing graduate grating grave great grievous griping gruff guileful half note