agility
- noun
- /əˈdʒɪləti/
- The gymnast's agility allowed her to perform difficult routines with ease.
- speed and agility
- strength and agility
- power and agility
So the the agility combined with aggression, yeah.
- So the the agility combined with aggression, yeah.
- OK, I'm working on my agility, which means you're working on your what?
- So she was a she is a multiple time, if I'm remembering correctly, national agility champion with her dogs.
- And these kids we put like the dogs we put them through, they, they have to take a dog through an agility course on the first day.
- And that's being balance, agility and coordination.
- So right off the bat, being able to just pick up and go speed, agility, being able to depend on it.
- And that agility of movement is partly what gives him the future.
- It's not between you and me that our natural agility, thigh size and capacity for rapid growth are centuries of someone else's doing.
- So she was in a dog agility champion for many years, which has a lot of metrics.
Examples
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Under zero gravity conditions, agility and control were much more important than strength.
Fiction book (1991) -
But the figure, with surprising agility, is already rolling out of the way.
Fiction book (1992) -
My agility is not what it once had been.
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Cat catching requires more youth and agility than I have left in me.
Fiction book (1995) -
Jim scales the tree alongside the house with the agility of a gymnast.
Fiction book (1991) -
What this old girl lacks in horsepower, she makes up for in agility.
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The small wiry figure of Jack had an agility that belied his sixty-five years.
Fiction book (1997) -
The singers will feel and appreciate the differences, gaining improved vocal health, resilience, agility, range, and stamina.
Academic text (2004) -
The participant must perform strongly in many areas: speed, agility, stamina, and endurance.
Fiction book (1996) -
She's watching the game and is impressed as she watches Oz's agility and domination.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
The ability to use different body parts together smoothly
Skill and ease when using the hands or body
Ability to move the body very fast and with good control
The ability of a car, boat, or drone to move and turn easily
Quick, light movement that shows ease and grace
A graceful, easy movement that looks smooth
Ability to do things quickly and well
A quick, graceful movement that shows light, skillful control
Quick and graceful movement that looks easy
Antonyms
How Agile
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Agility comes from the Latin word agere, which means 'to do' or 'to move', and you can see the same root in act and agent. So agility is the ability to move quickly and well, like a dancer or a cheetah.