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agile
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ag·ile

adjective \ˈa-jəl, -ˌjī(-ə)l\

Definition of AGILE

1
: marked by ready ability to move with quick easy grace <an agile dancer>
2
: having a quick resourceful and adaptable character <an agile mind>
— ag·ile·ly \-jə(l)-lē, -ˌjī(l)-lē\ adverb
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Examples of AGILE

  1. Leopards are very fast and agile.
  2. <the expressive movements of agile dancers>

Origin of AGILE

Middle French, from Latin agilis, from agere to drive, act — more at agent
First Known Use: 1581

Related to AGILE

Synonyms
graceful, featly, feline, gracile, light, light-footed (also light-foot), lightsome, lissome (also lissom), lithe, lithesome, nimble, spry
Antonyms
awkward, clumsy, gawky, graceless, klutzy, lumbering, ungainly, ungraceful

Rhymes with AGILE

fragile, gradual, vagile

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