agile

ag·ile

 (ăj′əl, -īl′)

adj.

1. Characterized by quickness, lightness, and ease of movement; nimble.

2. Mentally quick or alert: an agile mind.

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[French, from Latin agilis, from agere, to drive, do; see ag- in Indo-European roots.]

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ag′ile·ly adv.

ag′ile·ness n.

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agile

(ˈædʒaɪl)

adj

1. quick in movement; nimble

2. mentally quick or acute

[C15: from Latin agilis, from agere to do, act]

ˈagilely adv

agility n

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ag•ile

(ˈædʒ əl, -aɪl)

adj.

1. quick and well-coordinated in movement; nimble.

2. active; lively.

3. marked by an ability to think quickly; mentally acute or aware.

[1570–80; earlier agil < Latin agilis=ag(ere) to drive, do, act + -ilis -ile¹]

ag′ile•ly, adv.

Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

agile

- Means having quick motion and being nimble, from Latin agere, "to do."

See also related terms for nimble.

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Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	agile - moving quickly and lightly; "sleek and agile as a gymnast"; "as nimble as a deer"; "nimble fingers"; "quick of foot"; "the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it" nimble, spry, quick active - characterized by energetic activity; "an active toddler"; "active as a gazelle"; "an active man is a man of action"
	2.	agile - mentally quick; "an agile mind"; "nimble wits" nimble intelligent - having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree; "is there intelligent life in the universe?"; "an intelligent question"

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agile

adjective

1. nimble, active, quick, lively, swift, brisk, supple, sprightly, lithe, limber, spry, lissom(e) He is not as strong and agile as he was at 20.
nimble heavy, slow, stiff, awkward, clumsy, lumbering, slow-moving, ponderous, ungainly, unsupple

2. acute, sharp, quick, bright (informal), prompt, alert, clever, lively, nimble, quick-witted She was quick-witted, and had an extraordinarily agile mind.

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agile

adjective

Moving or performing quickly, lightly, and easily:

brisk, facile, nimble, quick, spry.

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Translations

خَفِيف الحَرَكَه، رَشِيق

подвиженпъргав

hbitýsvižný

adrætsmidig

agilbehändebehendeflinkgeschickt

ágilligero

ketterä

agile

fimur, kvikur

agileagilit...

guvusvikrumasvikrus

veiklsžigls

beweeglijk

sprekbehendigledigsmidig

zwinny

ágil

vrtký

atikçevik

灵活的

agile

[ˈædʒaɪl] ADJ → ágil

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

agile

[ˈædʒaɪl] adj

(physically) [person] → agile

(mentally) [person, mind] → agile

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

agile

adj person, thinker → beweglich, wendig; body also, movements → gelenkig, geschmeidig; animal → flink, behände; he has an agile mind → er ist geistig sehr wendig or beweglich or flexibel

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

agile

[ˈædʒaɪl] adj → agile, svelto/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

agile

(ˈӕdʒail) adjective

able to move quickly and easily. The antelope is very agile. soepel خَفِيف الحَرَكَه، رَشِيق подвижен ágil hbitý, svižný agil, geschickt, flink adræt, smidig ευκίνητοςágil väle چابک؛ فرز ketterä agileזריז फुर्तीला okretan fürge lincah, gesit, cerdas fimur, kvikur agile すばやい 민첩한 vikrus, guvus veikls; žigls lincah beweeglijksprek, smidigzwinny, żywy چابک ágil agil подвижный svižný, vrtký gibčen okretan vig, snabb กระฉับกระเฉง çevik, atik 敏捷的 спритний; жвавий پھرتیلا ، چست nhanh nhẹn 灵活的

aˈgility (-ˈdʒi-) noun

soepelheid رَشَاقَة، سُرْعَة الحَرَكَة подвижност agilidade hbitost die Wendigkeit, die Geschicklichkeit adræthed; smidighed ευκινησίαagilidad väledus چابکی ketteryys agilitéזריזות फुरती, दक्षता okretnost fürgeség, gyorsaság kelincahan fimleiki, snerpa agilità 機敏 민첩 vikrumas veiklums; žiglums kelincahan beweeglijkheid sprekhet, smidighetzwinność چالاکی agilidade agilitate подвижность pohyblivosť gibčnost okretnost vighet, rörlighet ความคล่องแคล่วกระฉับกระเฉง çeviklik, atiklik 敏捷 спритність; жвавість sự nhanh nhẹn 灵活

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

agile

a. ágil, ligero-a, expedito-a.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

agile

adj ágil

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