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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AG'ILE, a. [L. agilis, from ago. See Act.]
Nimble; having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; brisk; active.
And bending forward, stuck his agile heels.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle French, from Latin agilis, from agere to drive, act — more at agent Date: 1581 1. marked by ready ability to move with quick easy grace <an agile dancer> 2. having a quick resourceful and adaptable character <an agile mind> • agilely adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. quick-moving, nimble, active. Derivatives: agilely adv. agility n. Etymology: F f. L agilis f. agere do

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Someone who is agile can move quickly and easily. At 20 years old he was not as agile as he is now. = nimble ADJ • agility She blinked in surprise at his agility. N-UNCOUNT 2. If you have an agile mind, you think quickly and intelligently. She was quick-witted and had an extraordinarily agile mind. ADJ • agility His intellect and mental agility have never been in doubt.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Lively, nimble, brisk, smart, active, quick, ready, prompt, alert, sprightly, supple, winged. See spry.

Moby Thesaurus

active, acute, adroit, alacritous, alert, alive, attentive, awake, breakneck, bright, brisk, catty, dashing, deft, dexterous, dextrous, dispatchful, double-quick, eagle-winged, expeditious, express, fast, featly, fleet, flying, galloping, graceful, hair-trigger, hasty, headlong, hustling, keen, light, light of heel, light-footed, limber, lissome, lithe, lively, mercurial, neat-fingered, neat-handed, nimble, nimble-footed, on the, on the alert, on the ball, on the job, peart, precipitate, prompt, qui vive, quick, quick as lightning, quick as thought, rapid, ready, reckless, resourceful, running, sharp, sleepless, smart, snappy, spanking, speedy, sprightly, spry, supple, sure-footed, swift, tripping, unblinking, unnodding, unsleeping, unwinking, volant, wakeful, wide-awake, winged, zippy