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a⋅gil⋅i⋅ty

[uh-jil-i-tee]
–noun
1. the power of moving quickly and easily; nimbleness: exercises demanding agility.
2. the ability to think and draw conclusions quickly; intellectual acuity.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME agilite < MF < L agilitās. See agile, -ity
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a·gil·i·ty   (ə-jĭl'ĭ-tē)   
n.  The state or quality of being agile; nimbleness.

[Middle English agilite, from Old French, from Medieval Latin agilitās, from Latin agilis; see agile.]
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agility 
1413, from M.Fr. agilité (14c.), from L. agilitatem (nom. agilitas) "mobility, nimbleness, quickness," from agilis, from agere "to move" (see act).
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