dictionary definitions for "agile"


From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Agile \Ag"ile\, a. [F. agile, L. agilis, fr. agere to move. See
     Agent.]
     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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           Shaking it with agile hand.              --Cowper.
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     Syn: Active; alert; nimble; brisk; lively; quick.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  agile
      adj 1: 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" [syn: agile, nimble,
             quick, spry]
      2: mentally quick; "an agile mind"; "nimble wits" [syn: agile,
         nimble]


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