agile

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

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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.
    • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in The Hound of the Baskervilles
      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.

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Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs

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[edit] French

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From Latin agilis (“swift”)

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agile (epicene, plural agiles)

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

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[edit] Italian

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

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agile m. and f. (m and f plural agili)

  1. agile, nimble

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agile

  1. nominative neuter singular of agilis
  2. accusative neuter singular of agilis
  3. vocative neuter singular of agilis
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