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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
Shaking it with agile hand. --Cowper.
Syn: Active; alert; nimble; brisk; lively; quick.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
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: {nimble}, {quick},
{spry}]
2: mentally quick; "an agile mind"; "nimble wits" [syn: {nimble}]
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