agile

adjective

ag·ile | \ 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

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Examples of agile in a Sentence

Leopards are very fast and agile. the expressive movements of agile dancers

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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 2018 Under Bill Belichick, the Patriots were agile enough to change alignments week to week. — Carlos Monarrez, USA TODAY, "Lions training camp questions: Can Matt Patricia bring Patriots touch to Detroit?," 18 June 2018 Suddenly this thing that felt very nimble and very agile and maybe just working with three partners, had swollen to 16. — Eric Johnson, Recode, "General Magic tried to invent a smartphone in the 1990s. This is why it failed.," 30 July 2018 WhatsApp — best friend, sociable, fun, brings people together, straightforward, honest, reliable, faithful, discrete, nimble, agile, dynamic, current. — Casey Newton, The Verge, "Stop calling Facebook’s effort to fix itself an “arms race”," 14 Sep. 2018 And when granted permission, Stem assumes full control of Grey’s body and turns him into an invincible, hyper-agile assassin, allowing him to personally settle the score with the men who ruined his life. — Justin Chang, latimes.com, "'Upgrade' is a sleek, strikingly designed A.I. vigilante thriller," 31 May 2018

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