agile

From earlier agil, borrowed from Latin agilis (“agile, nimble”), from agō (“do, act; move”). See agent.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæd͡ʒ.aɪl/, /ˈæd͡ʒ.əl/

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• Rhymes: -ædʒəl

agile (comparative agiler or more agile, superlative agilest or most agile)

1. Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move

   Synonym: nimble

   an agile creature

   an agile wit

   • 1902, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles

     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.

2. Characterised by quick motion

   agile movements

3. (chiefly software engineering) Of or relating to agile software development, a technique for iterative and incremental development of software involving collaboration between teams.[1]

   agile methods

• active, alert, nimble, brisk, lively, quick

• unagile

• agility

• Eliga, liage

Borrowed from Latin agilis (“swift”).

• IPA^(key): /a.ʒil/

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• Rhymes: -il

agile (plural agiles)

1. nimble, agile (quick and light in movement or action)

• agilement
• agilité

• “agile” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• aigle
• gelai

• IPA^(key): [aˈɡiːlə]
• Hyphenation: agi‧le

agile

1. inflection of agil:
   1. strong and mixed nominative and accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative and accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine and neuter singular

From Latin agilis (“agile, nimble”), from agō (“do, act; move”).

agile (masculine and feminine plural agili)

1. agile, nimble

• gelai
• legai

agile

1. nominative neuter singular of agilis
2. accusative neuter singular of agilis
3. vocative neuter singular of agilis

From Latin agilis.

• IPA^(key): /əˈdʒəil/

agile (comparative mair agile, superlative maist agile)

1. agile

• “agile” in Eagly, Andy, ed. (2016), The Online Scots Dictionary. Scots-Online.org.