 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
agile
adjective
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}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Agile \Ag"ile\, adjective [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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
81 Moby Thesaurus words for "agile":
active, acute, adroit, alacritous, alert, alive, attentive, awake,
breakneck, bright, brisk, catty, dashing, deft, dexterous,
dextrous, dispatchful, double-quick, eagle-winged, expeditious,
express, fast, featly, fleet, flying, galloping, graceful,
hair-trigger, hasty, headlong, hustling, keen, light,
light of heel, light-footed, limber, lissome, lithe, lively,
mercurial, neat-fingered, neat-handed, nimble, nimble-footed,
on the, on the alert, on the ball, on the job, peart, precipitate,
prompt, qui vive, quick, quick as lightning, quick as thought,
rapid, ready, reckless, resourceful, running, sharp, sleepless,
smart, snappy, spanking, speedy, sprightly, spry, supple,
sure-footed, swift, tripping, unblinking, unnodding, unsleeping,
unwinking, volant, wakeful, wide-awake, winged, zippy
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