Agile - English meaning

adjective

Performing, involving, or adept at spectacular gymnastic feats.

Usage examples:

An acrobatic dive

adjective

Involving a lot of skill and energy in controlling the movement of your body to do something difficult

Usage examples:

Karate is a very acrobatic martial art.

adjective

Engaging or ready to engage in physically energetic pursuits.

Usage examples:

Although he was seventy he was still robust and active

noun

Denoting a voice of verbs in which the subject is typically the person or thing performing the action and which can take a direct object (e.g. she loved him as opposed to the passive form he was loved ).

adjective

Doing something as you usually do, or being able to do something physically or mentally

Usage examples:

He was still an active runner at 55., she’s active in state politics (= involved in it)., she inten…

adjective

Neatly skilful and quick in one's movements.

Usage examples:

A deft piece of footwork

adjective

Skillful, effective, and quick

Usage examples:

He cut some logs up for firewood with a few deft strokes of his ax., she deftly answered the tough …

adjective

Showing or having skill, especially with the hands.

Usage examples:

A dexterous keyboard player

adjective

Of a suitable quality, standard, or type to meet the required purpose.

Usage examples:

The house was not fit for human habitation

verb

Be of the right shape and size for.

Usage examples:

Those jeans still fit me

noun

The particular way in which something, especially a garment or component, fits.

Usage examples:

The dress was a perfect fit

adjective

Having or showing grace or elegance.

Usage examples:

She was a tall girl, slender and graceful

adjective

(of a person or body part) lithe or supple.

Usage examples:

I have to practise to keep myself limber

verb

Warm up in preparation for exercise or activity, especially sport or athletics.

Usage examples:

The acrobats were limbering up for the big show

noun

The detachable front part of a gun carriage, consisting of two wheels and an axle, a pole, and a frame holding one or more ammunition boxes.

Usage examples:

The ammunition limber was the worst for wear and required the most work.

adjective

(especially of a person's body) thin, supple, and graceful.

Usage examples:

She lay gazing up at his tall, lithe figure

adjective

(of a body) thin and attractive, and able to move easily and gracefully, or (of movements) easy and graceful

Usage examples:

He was a fabulous athlete, full of lithe, quick movements., she represented the era's ideal of lith…

adjective

Full of life and energy; active and outgoing.

Usage examples:

A lively and uninhibited girl

adjective

Having or showing a lot of energy and enthusiasm, or showing interesting and exciting thought

Usage examples:

We have a lively group of seniors who meet to discuss the books they’ve read., imelda takes a livel…

adjective

Quick and light in movement or action; agile.

Usage examples:

With a deft motion of her nimble fingers

adjective

Quick and exact in movement or thought; agile

Usage examples:

A nimble mind, he tried to catch his friend, but she was too nimble.

noun

Question.

noun

Query.

adjective

(especially of an old person) lively; full of energy.

Usage examples:

She was quite sprightly for her age

adjective

(especially of old people) energetic and in good health

Usage examples:

He's a sprightly old man of 75.

adjective

(especially of an old person) active; lively.

Usage examples:

He continued to look spry and active well into his eighties

adjective

(esp. of an old person) active and able to move quickly and energetically

Usage examples:

A spry elderly lady was pulling weeds in a large garden.

adjective

Bending and moving easily and gracefully; flexible.

Usage examples:

Her supple fingers

verb

Make more flexible.

Usage examples:

I was also able to concentrate on bending and suppling him laterally.

adjective

Bending or able to be bent easily; not stiff

Usage examples:

His supple fingers manipulated the needle with the utmost delicacy., fig. adams brings a supple (= …

adjective

Strong, healthy, and full of energy.

Usage examples:

A tall, vigorous, and muscular man

adjective

Very forceful or energetic

Usage examples:

A vigorous debate, there has been vigorous opposition to the proposals for a new road., he takes pl…

adjective

Bordered, shaded, or covered by willows.

Usage examples:

Willowy meadow land

adjective

(esp. of a woman) graceful and thin, with long arms and legs

Usage examples:

A willowy figure