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agilely

agilely

6.8
Work in short steps with the team and change plans often
  • adverb
  • /ˈædʒɪli/
  • Specialized
translation icon : de manera ágil
  • The team worked agilely to meet the deadline.

Examples

  • By working agilely, the startup released features weekly and improved them with real user feedback.

  • Managers taught the staff to plan agilely, focusing on short iterations and frequent demos to stakeholders.

  • The dev team delivered the update agilely, iterating in small sprints and adapting to feedback.

  • They responded agilely to changing requirements.

  • The team agilely adapted their project based on user feedback, ensuring they met the client’s needs.

  • The software developers agilely collaborated to implement changes that improved the application’s performance.

  • They worked agilely to continuously integrate new features into the product after each sprint.

Synonyms

adaptively
vsagilely
1 5.3

In a way that changes to fit new conditions

follows an iterative collaborative development method instead of only adjusting
responsively
vsagilely
  • Specialized
4.5

In a way that quickly adapts to different screen sizes

emphasizes iterative collaboration and planning rather than only rapid reaction

Antonyms

rigidly
11 4.3

In a strict way that does not allow change

Surface Forms

agilely positive

Morphology

agilely = Agile (semi-transparent) = agile + ly

Morphologically it is formed from 'agile' + '-ly', but the sense is a specialized extension referring to the Agile software-development methodology and therefore not fully predictable from the general adjective for an average learner.

Etymology

Agilely used for work comes from the name Agile, chosen to mean 'quick and able to change', and that name also goes back to Latin agere meaning 'to move', like in act and action. That's why to work agilely is to deliver in small steps, change fast, and adapt to feedback.