agile

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Quotations 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 Derived terms 2 French 2.1 Adjective 2.2 Anagrams 3 Italian 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Adjective 3.3 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From French agile, from Latin agilis (“‘agile, nimble’”), from agō (“‘do, act; move’”). See agent.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (WEAE) IPA: /ˈæʤ.aɪl/
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[edit] Adjective

agile (comparative agiler or more agile, superlative agilest or most agile)

1. Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; an agile tongue.

[edit] Quotations

The man drew out paper and tobacco and twirled the one up in the other with surprising dexterity. He had long, quivering fingers as agile and restless as the antennae of an insect.
— Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in The Hound of the Baskervilles

[edit] Synonyms

• active; alert; nimble; brisk; lively; quick.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Derived terms

• agility

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[edit] French

[edit] Adjective

agile m. and f.

1. nimble (quick and light in movement or action)

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aegil
• aigle
• gelai

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology

From Latin agilis (“‘agile, nimble’”), from agō (“‘do, act; move’”).

[edit] Adjective

agile m and f (m and f plural agili)

1. agile, nimble

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aegil
• gelai
• legai