agile

Definition of agile in English English dictionary: Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; an agile tongue
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.; able to move or act quickly, physically, or mentally; {a} active, nimble, light, quick, ready, brisk; mentally quick; "an agile mind"; "nimble wits"; If you have an agile mind, you think quickly and intelligently. She was quick-witted and had an extraordinarily agile mind. + agility agil·ity His intellect and mental agility have never been in doubt; mentally quick; "an agile mind"; "nimble wits; Someone who is agile can move quickly and easily. At 20 years old he was not as agile as he is now. = nimble + agility agil·ity She blinked in surprise at his agility; 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"; {s} nimble, graceful; quick, fast; lively
agile gibbon: a primate in the Hylobatidae or gibbon family
agile gibbons: plural form of agile gibbon
agile wallaby: A wallaby, scientific name Macropus agilis
agile manufacturing: 1. (industrial engineering) Operations that can be rapidly reconfigured to satisfy changing market demands. 2. Agile manufacturing is a term applied to an organization that has created the processes, tools, and training to enable it to respond quickly to customer needs and market changes while still controlling costs and quality
Agile Applet: small autonomous Java application program serving as a mobile agent for services on a network (capable of sending itself and interacting with other aglets over network)
agile movement: {i} nimble movement, graceful motion
Agilely: in a nimble or agile manner; with quickness and lightness and ease; "nimbly scaling an iron gate"- Charles Dickens; "leaped agilely from roof to roof"
agilely: In an agile manner; with agility
agilely: In an agile manner; nimbly
agilely: quickly, nimbly; gracefully, easily; alertly, cleverly
agilely: in a nimble or agile manner; with quickness and lightness and ease; "nimbly scaling an iron gate"- Charles Dickens; "leaped agilely from roof to roof
agiler: comparative of agile
agilest: superlative of agile