agile

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/ˈæd͡ʒ.aɪl/

adj 4noun 2

Collocations

ADJ.

familiar, restless, still, strong, swift, used

VERB + AGILE

grew, quivering

AGILE + NOUN

bumblebee, climbers, creature, development, footwork, guy, methodologies, platform

PREP.

despite, with

ADV.

fairly, surprisingly

Definitions

adj

Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; loose-jointed.

an agile creature

an agile wit

Characterised by quick motion.

agile movements

Of or relating to agile software development, a technique for iterative and incremental development of software involving collaboration between teams.

agile methods

noun

Agile software development.

adj

Alternative letter-case form of agile (of or related to agile software development)

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — moving quickly and lightly

adjective — mentally quick

nimble

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

an agile creature

Wiktionary

an agile wit

Wiktionary

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.

Wiktionary

Ruby on Rails is an agile development platform, which means we can respond to feedback from our customers very quickly.

Tatoeba · #453940

Tom is surprisingly agile.

Tatoeba · #2273534

When I was young, I was more agile.

Tatoeba · #5111939

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