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agile

/ˈæd͡ʒ.aɪl/

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What does agile mean?

adjective

  1. Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; loose-jointed.
  2. Characterised by quick motion.
  3. Of or relating to agile software development, a technique for iterative and incremental development of software involving collaboration between teams.
More meanings (3)

noun

  1. Agile software development.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of agile (agile software development)

adjective

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

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈæd͡ʒ.aɪl/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈæd͡ʒ.əl/
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He was a fine figure of a man, tall, lithe, and agile, with a springy step and a pleasant, open face.
Arthur Conan DoyleThe Return of Sherlock HolmesProject Gutenberg ebook #108
He was very good-looking--tall, dark, agile, perfectly finished, so good-looking that he might have been a fool and yet be forgiven.
Henry JamesConfidenceProject Gutenberg ebook #178
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These beasts are extraordinarily agile, and have a habit of breaking their ordinary fast run by unexpectedly leaping high in the air.
Stewart Edward WhiteThe Land of FootprintsProject Gutenberg ebook #1378
But the young Lycosae, although usually quiet on their mother's back, are at all times ready for exercise and for agile swarming.
Jean-Henri FabreThe Life of the SpiderTranslated by Alexander Teixeira de MattosProject Gutenberg ebook #1887
The sea-leopard, the only predacious member of the seal family, has an elongated agile body and a large head with massive jaws.
Douglas, Sir MawsonThe Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914Project Gutenberg ebook #6137