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How to pronounce agile in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms nimble


an agile mind.
Type Words
Synonyms nimble, quick, spry
Derivation agility


sleek and agile as a gymnast.

Examples of agile

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She can be both an immovable force inside and an agile shooter from the outside.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
They appear slow and docile, but are quite agile and can run as fast as a horse.
From the dispatch.com
A design intended to save weight and make the Genesis agile as well as powerful.
From the usatoday.com
Today's more progressive companies are starting to talk about agile development.
From the forbes.com
Mobile is a dynamic environment and Research In Motion hasn't been agile enough.
From the forbes.com
We want this fast-moving, agile company where there are no politics, no agendas.
From the businessweek.com
A coloratura mezzo-soprano has a warm lower register and an agile high register.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The Chrysler of yore was a swaggering place-agile and unafraid of taking chances.
From the businessweek.com
Agile and clever, he could always tackle the bigger boys wrestling on the street.
From the latimes.com
More examples
  • 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"
  • Mentally quick; "an agile mind"; "nimble wits"
  • (agilely) in a nimble or agile manner; with quickness and lightness and ease; "nimbly scaling an iron gate"- Charles Dickens; "leaped agilely from roof to roof"
  • (agility) the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble
  • Agile (foaled 1902 at in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that was the winner of the 1905 Kentucky Derby. Agile won the Sapphire Stakes as a two year old and the Phoenix Stakes as a three year old.
  • Ajene Griffith (born May 27, 1975), better known as Agile, is a Canadian hip-hop producer and DJ from Toronto, Ontario. He is a member of the hip-hop groups BrassMunk and Big Black Lincoln.
  • Agility is the ability to change the body's position efficiently, and requires the integration of isolated movement skills using a combination of balance, coordination, speed, reflexes, strength, endurance and stamina.
  • (Agility (dogs)) Dog agility is a dog sport in which a handler directs a dog through an obstacle course in a race for both time and accuracy. Dogs run off-leash with no food or toys as incentives, and the handler can touch neither dog nor obstacles. ...
  • (Agility (RuneScape)) RuneScape is a fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) released in January 2001 by Andrew and Paul Gower, and developed by Jagex Ltd. It is a graphical browser game implemented on the client-side in Java, and incorporates 3D rendering. ...