## Meanings
1. Able to move quickly and easily.
2. Quick to think and understand.
3. Relating to a flexible, step-by-step method of developing software in close collaboration between teams.

## Examples
- The cat was agile enough to leap from the fence to the roof.
- Solving these puzzles keeps your mind agile.
- The team switched to agile methods to release updates faster.

## Synonyms
- active
- alert
- brisk
- lively
- nimble
- quick

## Antonyms
- unagile

## Derived Forms
- agilely
- agileness
- agilist
- agility
- nonagile
- superagile

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *h₂eǵ-
- Root: agilis

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

## AI Etymology
Agile is from earlier agil, borrowed from Latin agilis (“agile, nimble”), from agō (“do, act; move”). See agent. Important recorded forms include *h₂eǵ- (Proto-Indo-European) and agilis (Latin). Current senses include able to move quickly and easily, quick to think and understand, and relating to a flexible, step-by-step method of developing software in close collaboration between teams. The wider family includes derived forms such as agilely, agileness, agilist, agility, and nonagile.

## Topics
- Mind & Cognition

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