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Recent Examples of agilely
Witnesses described the shark as looking healthy, moving agilely and visibly feeding.
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for agilely
Adverb
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Green’s guitar whirls nimbly underneath the words, while an effect like a muted choir loops in the background.—
Linnie Greene,
Pitchfork,
6 Mar. 2026
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In a film that nimbly walks the tightrope between lightheartedness and weightlessness, Jerry and Mabel’s antagonistic relationship ends up proving the unexpected core of the story.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
2 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Fresh flowers burst explosively out of each cake, swinging jauntily over stacks of vanilla sponges and creamy frostings.—
The Bon Appétit,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
20 Mar. 2026
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The dog went on, jauntily carrying his baguette, passing a grapefruit tree that shaded a telephone booth.—
Peter Heller,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Jan. 2024
Adverb
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Not exactly a breezily escapist tale of party-girl antics, this is more of a dystopian novel about the inevitable tech-apocalypse, told through the story of a family on vacation from Brooklyn.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
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The comedians Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang breezily observed on a podcast last month that donating to Crockett is a waste of money.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
5 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The sight of them gave me the creeps, triggering a desire to turn around and walk briskly in the other direction.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2026
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In Albany, Ossé filmed a video, rife with quick cuts, of himself walking around briskly in a dark suit and talking about the Fair Share Act.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Agilely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agilely. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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