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ag⋅ile

   [aj-uhl, -ahyl]
–adjective
1. quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe: an agile leap.
2. active; lively: an agile person.
3. marked by an ability to think quickly; mentally acute or aware: She's 95 and still very agile.
Origin:
1570–80; earlier agil < L agilis, equiv. to ag- (base of agere to do) + -ilis -ile
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ag·ile     (āj'əl, -īl')  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Characterized by quickness, lightness, and ease of movement; nimble.
  2. Mentally quick or alert: an agile mind.

[French, from Latin agilis, from agere, to drive, do; see ag- in Indo-European roots.]
ag'ile·ly adv., ag'ile·ness n.
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agilely

adverb
in a nimble or agile manner; with quickness and lightness and ease; "nimbly scaling an iron gate"- Charles Dickens; "leaped agilely from roof to roof" 

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Agilely

Ag"ile*ly\, adv. In an agile manner; nimbly.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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