agile

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Able to move quickly and easily.

   The cat was agile enough to leap from the fence to the roof.

2. 2
   adj

   Quick to think and understand.

   Solving these puzzles keeps your mind agile.

3. 3
   adj

   Relating to a flexible, step-by-step method of developing software in close collaboration between teams.

   The team switched to agile methods to release updates faster.

From earlier agil, borrowed from Latin agilis (“agile, nimble”), from agō (“do, act; move”). See agent.

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