agile
adjective
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adverb
Synonyms & Antonyms for agile
Synonyms
featly, feline, graceful, gracile, light, light-footed (also light-foot), lightsome, lissome (also lissom), lithe, lithesome, nimble, spry
Antonyms
awkward, clumsy, gawky, graceless, klutzy, lumbering, ungainly, ungraceful
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Its radars are designed to be resistant to enemy jamming and reportedly use rapid frequency-hopping and agile beam-steering. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Bad Weather Ruined a Shipment of Russia’s Best Missiles Bound for China," 19 Feb. 2019 But in the 21st century the highest-value manufacturers are lean, agile, networked enterprises that combine brains and machinery to produce goods and services that millions want, need, desire and admire. — Michael L. Corbat, WSJ, "America Has a Surplus in Services," 13 Nov. 2018 Here's how to do things properly The contrast with real agile projects is significant. — Peter Bright, Ars Technica, "Microsoft’s problem isn’t how often it updates Windows—it’s how it develops it," 20 Oct. 2018 For the chassis, that means highly stiffened joints between structures and optimized cross sections for better stability, comfort, and agility (to the degree that a seven-passenger SUV can be agile). — Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, "Safety first, last, and always: The Subaru Ascent, reviewed," 25 Oct. 2018 Micro-drones are nifty little things: small, fast, and agile. — James Vincent, The Verge, "Micro-drones with winches can open doors and lift 40 times their own weight," 24 Oct. 2018 Bonus points for the four-way stretch material that makes the pants as comfy as sweats and agile enough for lunch climbs at the gym. — Jakob Schiller, Outside Online, "Men’s Rain Gear That Actually Looks Good," 10 Apr. 2018 The slack head tube and short wheelbase combine stability with agile turning, and the large brake discs and hydraulic calipers make scrubbing all that speed a breeze. — Ty Brookhart, Outside Online, "You're Going to Want the Cake Kalk E-Dirt Bike," 25 June 2018 Omari Spellman: Spellman slimmed down during his redshirt season at Villanova, and emerged as a prototypical pick and pop 4, a player agile enough in the half court who can space a defense for either drives to the rim or three-point attempts. 44. — Matthew Giles, chicagotribune.com, "Ranking the top 50 prospects in the 2018 NBA draft," 19 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'agile.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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