agility
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agility
- /əˈd͡ʒɪl.ɪ.ti/ UK
- /əˈd͡ʒɪl.ə.ti/ UK
- /əˈd͡ʒɪl.ə.ti/ Australia, Canada, US
- [əˈd͡ʒɪl.ə.ɾi] Australia, Canada, US
Rhymes with -ɪlɪti, -ɪləti
Where it comes from
From late Middle English, borrowed from Middle French agilité, from Latin agilitās, from agilis (“nimble, fleet, quick”), equivalent to agile + -ity.
noun agilities
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The quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; quickness of motion
His superior agility countered his lack of strength.
Similar: nimbleness
- A faculty of being agile in body, mind, or figuratively.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: nimbleness, legerity, lightsomeness, agile, speed, flexibility, dynamism, dexterity, responsiveness, skill, margin, quickness, agileness, vagility, unagility, fastness
Translations
Every language
noun quality of being agile
| Español | agilidad |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 機敏 kibin |
| 中文 | 敏捷性, 靈活性 /灵活性 línghuóxìng, 敏捷 mǐnjié, 靈活 /灵活 línghuó |
| Português | agilidade |
| Français | agilité |
| Deutsch | Beweglichkeit, Agilität, Wendigkeit |
| Ελληνικά | ευκινησία efkinisía |
| Română | agilitate, agerime |
| Русский | ло́вкость lóvkostʹ, прово́рство provórstvo, подви́жность podvížnostʹ, ю́ркость júrkostʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | nhanh nhẹn |
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title = {agility},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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