Agile
['ædʒaɪl] or ['ædʒl]
Definition
(adj.) 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' .
(adj.) mentally quick; 'an agile mind'; 'nimble wits' .
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Definition
(a.) Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; an agile tongue.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Lively, nimble, brisk, smart, active, quick, ready, prompt, alert, sprightly, lively, supple, SPRY, winged.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Nimble, active, fleet, brisk, alert, {[fetitly]?}, lithe, prompt, ready, quick,supple, nimble, swift, sprightly
ANT:Slow, heavy, awkward, inert, clumsy, bulky, ponderous, elephantine
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Definition
adj. active: nimble.—n. Agil′ity quickness of motion: nimbleness—also Ag′ileness.
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Examples
- I obeyed: joy made me agile: I sprang up before him. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He was a fine figure of a man, tall, lithe, and agile, with a springy step and a pleasant, open face. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Though but ten years old he was fully as strong as the average man of thirty, and far more agile than the most practiced athlete ever becomes. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Then he crept downward to the raw steps again, then picked up his agile heels and flew. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Shirley was surefooted and agile; she could spring like a deer when she chose. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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