Agile

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Quotations 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Derived terms 2 Romanica 2.1 Adjective

English

Etymology

French agile, Latin agilis , from agere, "to act", "to move". See Agent.

Pronunciation

IPA: WEAE /ˈæʤ.aɪl/

Adjective

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

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

Synonyms

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

Translations

• German: agil

Derived terms

• agility

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Romanica

Adjective

agile

1. agile nimble