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ag·ile

(ăj′əl, -īl′)

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.]

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

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

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.

agile

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

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.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

agile

adjective

Moving or performing quickly, lightly, and easily:

brisk, facile, nimble, quick, spry.

Translations

خَفِيف الحَرَكَه، رَشِيق

подвиженпъргав

hbitýsvižný

adrætsmidig

agil behände behende flink geschickt

ágil ligero

ketterä

agile

fimur, kvikur

agile agilit...

guvusvikrumasvikrus

veiklsžigls

beweeglijk

sprek behendig ledig smidig

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.

aˈgility (-ˈdʒi-) noun

agile

a. ágil, ligero-a, expedito-a.

agile

adj ágil

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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.

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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.

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I sat all the time in this same place at this table, chose and placed cards, and watched those broad-boned agile hands in the same way.

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And, looking at his strong, agile, assiduously careful and needlessly wary movements, the mother felt her mind at rest, and smiled gaily and approvingly as she watched him.

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Descended from a race of meat eaters, never in his life, he thought, had he once satisfied his appetite for animal food; and so now his agile little body wormed its way far into the mass of struggling, rending apes in an endeavor to obtain a share which his strength would have been unequal to the task of winning for him.

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But the tendency to rapid sinking in this substance was in the present instance materially counteracted by the other parts of the head remaining undetached from it, so that it sank very slowly and deliberately indeed, affording Queequeg a fair chance for performing his agile obstetrics on the run, as you may say.

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Silver, agile as a monkey even without leg or crutch, was on the top of him next moment and had twice buried his knife up to the hilt in that defenceless body.

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Thus saying he strode merrily forward to the edge of the wood, and paused there a moment, his agile form erect, his brown locks flowing and his brown eyes watching the road; and a goodly sight he made, as the wind blew the ruddy color into his cheeks.

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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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Herds of agile gazelles were seen skipping about, their curling horns mingling with the tall herbage, within which the alligator, half concealed, lay silently in wait for them with watchful eyes.

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It was the poor goat, the agile Djali, which had made its escape after her, at the moment when Quasimodo had put to flight Charmolue's brigade, and which had been lavishing caresses on her feet for nearly an hour past, without being able to win a glance.

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I was more agile than they and could subsist upon coarser diet; I bore the extremes of heat and cold with less injury to my frame; my stature far exceeded theirs.

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"