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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. moving quickly and lightly;
- Example: "sleek and agile as a gymnast"
- Example: "as nimble as a deer"
- Example: "nimble fingers"
- Example: "quick of foot"
- Example: "the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it"
[syn: agile, nimble, quick, spry]

2. mentally quick;
- Example: "an agile mind"
- Example: "nimble wits"
[syn: agile, nimble]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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         Shaking it with agile hand.              --Cowper.
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   Syn: Active; alert; nimble; brisk; lively; quick.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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: agile, nimble,
           quick, spry]
    2: mentally quick; "an agile mind"; "nimble wits" [syn: agile,
       nimble]