Agile

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EtymologyModificar

From French agile, from Latin agilis (“‘agile, nimble’”), from agō (“‘do, act; move’”). See agent.

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• (WEAE) IPA: /ˈæʤ.aɪl/

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1. Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; an agile tongue.

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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

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• active; alert; nimble; brisk; lively; quick.

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• agility

FrenchModificar

EtymologyModificar

From Latin agilis (“‘swift’”)

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Patrono:Fr-adj-mf

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

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• agilement
• agilité

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• aigle
• gelai

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EtymologyModificar

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

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agile m and f (m and f plural agili)

1. agile, nimble

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• gelai
• legai

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