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agile

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ag·ile  (jl, -l)
adj.
1. Characterized by quickness, lightness, and ease of movement; nimble.
2. Mentally quick or alert: an agile mind.

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

agile·ly adv.
agile·ness n.

agile [ˈædʒaɪl]
adj
1. quick in movement; nimble
2. mentally quick or acute
[from Latin agilis, from agere to do, act]
agilely  adv
agility  [əˈdʒɪlɪtɪ] n

agile - Means having quick motion and being nimble, from Latin agere, "to do."
See also related terms for nimble.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.agile - moving quickly and lightlyagile - 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"
active - characterized by energetic activity; "an active toddler"; "active as a gazelle"; "an active man is a man of action"
2.agile - mentally quickagile - mentally quick; "an agile mind"; "nimble wits"
intelligent - having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree; "is there intelligent life in the universe?"; "an intelligent question"

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.
Translations
agile [ˈædʒaɪl] ADJágil

agile [ˈædʒaɪl] adj
(physically) [person] → agile
(mentally) [person, mind] → agile

agile
adj person, thinkerbeweglich, wendig; body also, movementsgelenkig, geschmeidig; animalflink, behände; he has an agile minder ist geistig sehr wendig or beweglich or flexibel

agile [ˈædʒaɪl] adjagile, svelto/a

agile
adj agile [ˈӕdʒail]
able to move quickly and easily The antelope is very agile. soepel خَفِيف الحَرَكَه، رَشِيق подвижен hbitý, svižný adræt, smidig agil, geschickt, flink ευκίνητος ágil väle چابک؛ فرز ketterä agile זָרִיז फुर्तीला okretan fürge lincah, gesit, cerdas fimur, kvikur agile すばやい 민첩한 vikrus, guvus veikls; žigls lincah beweeglijk sprek, smidig zwinny, żywy ágil agil подвижный svižný, vrtký gibčen okretan vig, snabb กระฉับกระเฉง çevik, atik 敏捷的 спритний; жвавий پھرتیلا ، چست nhanh nhẹn
n aˈgility [-ˈdʒi-]
soepelheid رَشَاقَة، سُرْعَة الحَرَكَة подвижност hbitost adræthed; smidighed die Wendigkeit, die Geschicklichkeit ευκινησία agilidad väledus چابکی ketteryys agilité זְרִיזוּת फुरती, दक्षता okretnost fürgeség, gyorsaság kelincahan fimleiki, snerpa agilità 機敏 민첩 vikrumas veiklums; žiglums kelincahan beweeglijkheid sprekhet, smidighet zwinność agilidade agilitate подвижность pohyblivosť gibčnost okretnost vighet, rörlighet ความคล่องแคล่วกระฉับกระเฉง çeviklik, atiklik 敏捷 спритність; жвавість sự nhanh nhẹn


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The act released his physical energies without unfettering his will; his mind was still spellbound, but his powerful body and agile limbs, endowed with a blind, insensate life of their own, resisted stoutly and well.
He could have been whatever he turned his agile intellect and his cunning hand to; he had been a schoolmaster and a watch-maker, and I believe an amateur doctor and irregular lawyer; he talked and wrote brilliantly, and he was one of the group that nightly disposed of every manner of theoretical and practical question at the drug-store; it was quite indifferent to him which side he took; what he enjoyed was the mental exercise.
The agile Frenchman was soon upon his feet again, and lost no time in knocking down two of his long-gowned adversaries with his fists and a vigorous application of his toes; then, rushing out of the pagoda as fast as his legs could carry him, he soon escaped the third priest by mingling with the crowd in the streets.
 
 
 
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