Agile
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English
Adjective
Agile (comparative agiler or more Agile, superlative agilest or most Agile)
- Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; an agile tongue.
Adverbs for Agile
nimbly; gracefully; unusually; swiftly; briskly; actively; alertly; surprisingly; youthfully; slenderly; clumsily; unexpectedly; quickly; dangerously; mentally; physically; smartly; light-footedly; spryly; fleetly; trippingly; lightly.
Thesaurus
active; acute; adroit; alacritous; alert; alive; attentive; awake; breakneck; bright; brisk; catty; dashing; deft; dexterous; dextrous; dispatchful; double-quick; eagle-winged; expeditious; express; fast; featly; fleet; flying; galloping; graceful; hair-trigger; hasty; headlong; hustling; keen; light; light of heel; light-footed; limber; lissome; lithe; lively; mercurial; neat-fingered; neat-handed; nimble; nimble-footed; on the; on the alert; on the ball; on the job; peart; precipitate; prompt; qui vive; quick; quick as lightning; quick as thought; rapid; ready; reckless; resourceful; running; sharp; sleepless; smart; snappy; spanking; speedy; sprightly; spry; supple; sure-footed; swift; tripping; unblinking; unnodding; unsleeping; unwinking; volant; wakeful; wide-awake; winged; zippy
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Etymology
From French agile, from Latin agilis (“agile, nimble”), from agō (“do, act; move”). See agent.
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French
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Pronunciation
Adjective
Agile (epicene, plural Agiles)
- nimble, agile (quick and light in movement or action)
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Italian
Etymology
From Latin agilis (“agile, nimble”), from agō (“do, act; move”).
Adjective
agile m. and f. (m and f plural agili)
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Latin
Adjective
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