English
Etymology
French agile#French|agile, Latin agilis, from agere, "to act", "to move". See agent.
Pronunciation
IPA: WEAE /�æʤ.aɪl/
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Adjective
en-adj
- Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; an agile tongue.
Quotations
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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.
<BR>— Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in The Hound of the Baskervilles
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Synonyms
active; alert; nimble; brisk; lively; quick.
Translations
trans-top|Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
Arabic: رشÙ�Ù� - Ø®Ù�Ù�Ù� اÙ�ØرÙ�Ø©
Bulgarian: подвижен, п��гав
Finnish: ketterä
German: behende
Portuguese: ágil
trans-mid
Serbian:
:Latin: gibak m
:Cyrillic: гибак m
Spanish: ágil
Portuguese: ágil
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Derived terms
agility
Italian
Adjective
it-adj|agil|e|i
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