agile
Americanadjective
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quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe.
an agile leap.
- Antonyms:
- awkward
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an agile person.
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marked by an ability to think quickly; mentally acute or aware.
She's 95 and still very agile.
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noting or relating to a philosophy of product development and production intended to create and distribute batches of working products in a short period of time with subsequent batches planned in a cyclical schedule of improvement, production, and distribution: agile manufacturing;
agile software programming;
agile manufacturing;
agile teams.
noun
adjective
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quick in movement; nimble
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mentally quick or acute
Other Word Forms
- agilely adverb
- agileness noun
- agility noun
- unagile adjective
- unagilely adverb
Etymology
Origin of agile
First recorded in 1570–80; earlier agill, from Middle French agile “nimble” and Latin agilis “easily moved, moving easily,” equivalent to ag- (base of agere “to do, drive”) + -ilis -ile
Example Sentences
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The agile robot dog springs up on all fours, takes a step forward and charges at the tense crowd at a Tokyo exhibit, held back by a simple yet strong metal chain.
From Barron's
Isaac reviews the texts with care, letter by letter, while Jacob is fast and agile with his hands and binds the books with strength and ease.
From Literature
“I will work together with Leo, with whom I immediately felt a strong alignment of values and vision, to make the organization even stronger, more agile, and ready to seize new opportunities,” he said.
She said Caledonia was agile and could often be seen climbing trees in her habitat, while Bluebell loves to play with her food, tossing her meals in the air during feeding time.
From BBC
Tall-seated, broad and strong, the Hyundai is not unusually quick off the line but certainly agile enough to get out of its own way.
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