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AGILE (spacecraft)
WordNet
adjective
(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"
(2) Mentally quick
"An agile mind"
"Nimble wits"
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From , from , from . See agent.
Adjective
- Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; an agile tongue.
Quotations
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.
— Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in The Hound of the Baskervilles
Adjective
- nimble (quick and light in movement or action)
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Etymology
From , from .