Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Agile"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Agile \Ag"ile\, a. [F. agile, L. agilis, fr. agere to move. See
{Agent}.]
Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready
to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; an agile tongue.
Shaking it with agile hand. --Cowper.
Syn: Active; alert; nimble; brisk; lively; quick.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
agile
adj 1: moving quickly and lightly; "sleek and agile as a gymnast";
"as nimble as a deer"; "nimble fingers"; "quick of
foot"; "the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the
stairs before we could stop it" [syn: {nimble}, {quick},
{spry}]
2: mentally quick; "an agile mind"; "nimble wits" [syn: {nimble}]
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