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agile
/ˈæd͡ʒ.aɪl/
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What does agile mean?
adjective
- Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; loose-jointed.
- Characterised by quick motion.
- Of or relating to agile software development, a technique for iterative and incremental development of software involving collaboration between teams.
More meanings (3)
noun
- Agile software development.
- Alternative letter-case form of agile (agile software development)
adjective
- 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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He was a fine figure of a man, tall, lithe, and agile, with a springy step and a pleasant, open face.
He was very good-looking--tall, dark, agile, perfectly finished, so good-looking that he might have been a fool and yet be forgiven.
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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.
But the young Lycosae, although usually quiet on their mother's back, are at all times ready for exercise and for agile swarming.
The sea-leopard, the only predacious member of the seal family, has an elongated agile body and a large head with massive jaws.