Meanings
agile1
adjectiveagile (comparative agiler or more agile, superlative agilest or most agile)
comparative agiler · comparative more agile · superlative agilest · superlative most agile · alternative Agile
- Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; loose-jointed.
an agile wit
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an agile creature
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 antennæ of an insect.
1901 August – 1902 April, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Mr. Sherlock Holmes”, in The Hound of the Baskervilles: Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes, London: George Newnes, […], published 1902, →OCLC, pages 13–14Synonyms: nimble
- computingOf or relating to agile software development, a technique for iterative and incremental development of software involving collaboration between teams.
agile methods
Agile2
adjectiveAgile (comparative more Agile, superlative most Agile)
comparative more Agile · superlative most Agile
- Alternative letter-case form of agile (of or related to agile software development)
nounAgile (uncountable)
- uncountableAlternative letter-case form of agile (agile software development)
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; loose-jointed.
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adjectivementally quick
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Translations
Ancient Greek εὐκίνητος
- εὐκίνητος (eukínētos)having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
Arabic رَشِيق, خَفِيف اَلْحَرَكَة
- رَشِيق (rašīq)having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
- خَفِيف اَلْحَرَكَة (ḵafīf al-ḥaraka)having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
Bulgarian подвижен, пъргав
- подвижен (podvižen)having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
- пъргав (părgav)having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
- чевръст (čevrăst)having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
Catalan àgil
- àgilhaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
Chinese Mandarin 敏捷
- 敏捷 (mǐnjié)having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
Czech pohyblivý, hbitý
- pohyblivýhaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
- hbitýhaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
- čilýhaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
- svižnýhaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
- bystrýhaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
Danish behændig, adræt
- behændighaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
- adræthaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
Dutch beweeglijk, lenig
- beweeglijkhaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
- lenighaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
- behendighaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
Esperanto facilmova
- facilmovahaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
Finnish ketterä
- ketterähaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
French agile
- agilehaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
German behände, agil
- behändehaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
- agilhaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
- wendighaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
Hebrew זריז
- זריזhaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
Irish lúfar
- lúfarhaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
Japanese すばしこい, 敏捷な
- すばしこい (subashikoi)having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
- 敏捷な (binshō-na)having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
Latin agilis, pernix
- agilishaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
- pernixhaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
Latvian veikls, vingrs
- veiklshaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
- vingrshaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
- knašshaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
- ņiprshaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
- žiglshaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
Malay tangkas, lincah
- tangkashaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
- lincahhaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
Māori kakama
- kakamahaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
Norwegian behendig, ledig
- behendighaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
- ledighaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
- smidighaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
- sprekhaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
Persian چابُک, چالاک
- چابُکhaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
- چالاکhaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
- چُستhaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
- تَر و فرزhaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
Polish zręczny, zwinny
- zręcznyhaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
- zwinnyhaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
Portuguese ágil
- ágilhaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
Russian ло́вкий, прово́рный
- ло́вкий (lóvkij)having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
- прово́рный (provórnyj)having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
- подви́жный (podvížnyj)having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
- ги́бкий (gíbkij)having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
Scottish Gaelic grad
- gradhaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
Spanish ágil
- ágilhaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
Swedish smidig, vig
- smidighaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
- vighaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
Tagalog maliksi
- maliksihaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
Thai ว่องไว
- ว่องไว (wɔ̂ng-wai)having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
Vietnamese nhanh nhẹn
- nhanh nhẹnhaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs
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