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
Recent Examples of agile from the Web
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Within weeks, the normally agile mink were staggering about the cages, their legs plunging through gaps in the wire mesh.
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The agile riverboat slipped out through the flat water at the mouth of the river and into Skilak.
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Ordinarily, new warhead pits are produced steadily by technicians at PF-4 for installation in modernized weapons, to replace some of those pits withdrawn for testing, and to keep workers there trained and agile.
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The naturalized Brazilian reserve keeper Guilheme is agile but injury prone, while Vladimir Gabulov is a solid but unspectacular veteran.
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Is very agile and a four-direction skater with good balance for a big man.
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Investigators are probing how an agile U.S. warship, capable of speeds of more than 30 mph, loaded with nearly 300 crew members and equipped with some of the most advanced sensors in the world, managed to collide with a lumbering container ship.
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Investigators are probing how an agile U.S. warship, capable of speeds of more than 30 mph, loaded with nearly 300 crew members and equipped with some of the most advanced sensors in the world, managed to collide with a lumbering container ship.
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The Magic could use some depth in the frontcourt, and the agile 7-footer from Arizona (via Finland) has drawn comparisons to Dirk Nowitzki.
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Origin and Etymology of agile
Middle French, from Latin agilis, from agere to drive, act — more at agent
AGILE Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of agile for English Language Learners
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: able to move quickly and easily
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: quick, smart, and clever
AGILE Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of agile for Students
1 : able to move quickly and easily an agile athlete
2 : having a quick mind an agile thinker
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