snello

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(uncommon) fast, quick
(uncommon) agile, deft, nimble
thin, slender
(figuratively) easy

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snèl‧lo

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/ˈznɛl.lo/

From Vulgar Latin *snellus (“brisk, lively”) (compare Old French esnel, isnel (“sudden, quick”), Occitan isnel, irnel (“lively”)), from Frankish *snell, *snel (“sudden, quick”) from Proto-Germanic *snellaz (“active, sudden, quick”). Akin to Old High German snel, snell (“bold, agile, lively, swift, brisk”). More at English snell.