agile
marked by an ability to think quickly; mentally acute or aware: She's 95 and still very agile.
noting or relating to a philosophy of product development and production intended to create and distribute batches of working products in a short period of time with subsequent batches planned in a cyclical schedule of improvement, production, and distribution: agile software programming;agile manufacturing;agile teams.: Compare waterfall (def. 3). See also agile development.
Sometimes Agile . an iterative and collaborative philosophy of rapid product development and production: Agile is being used by more and more companies outside of the tech sector.
Origin of agile
1Other words for agile
Opposites for agile
Other words from agile
- ag·ile·ly, adverb
- ag·ile·ness, noun
- un·ag·ile, adjective
- un·ag·ile·ly, adverb
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How to use agile in a sentence
Those in position to be agile and focused on getting in front of the most current opportunities in search will win the clicks—and the lion’s share of new business.
SEO in the second half of 2020: Five search opportunities to act on now | Jim Yu | August 17, 2020 | Search Engine WatchWe’re also proud of our heritage but we can be agile and evolve, and we have.
‘We can be agile and evolve’: News UK is quickly growing a 7-figure incremental revenue stream from social video | Lucinda Southern | August 5, 2020 | DigidayFor years, agency executives and marketers have used “agile” and “nimble” as buzzwords to set themselves up as modern and differentiated.
‘My mind is opened to different possibilities now’: 5 ways agency work will change going forward | Kristina Monllos | July 24, 2020 | DigidayOn top of that, companies are now challenged to ensure that their organization is agile, responsive, and nimble and in these tumultuous times.
Correlating online behavior to pandemic events and accelerating future digital | Andy Betts | June 9, 2020 | Search Engine WatchMarketers need to craft campaigns that are affordable, cost-effective and agile – and that means paid search.
COVID-19 has altered paid search: How marketers can adjust strategies | Brianna Desmet | May 29, 2020 | Search Engine Watch
By the time of the recording session, Brian had become quite agile with the flute and suggested adding it to the song.
‘The Prince of Chocolate City’: When Gil Scott-Heron Became A Music Icon | Marcus Baram | November 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe has made few public appearances but when she has been photographed, she has looked agile and fit.
Sonia Gandhi Health Mystery Sets India Leadership Adrift | Bruce Riedel | June 24, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHis silhouettes, which so often make a woman appear aerodynamic and agile, this season left her looking grounded and sluggish.
Balenciaga, Dries Van Noten Kick Off Paris Fall 2012 Fashion Week | Robin Givhan | March 1, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIn order to remain at its forefront, we are adapting our organization to be more agile, creative and responsive.
‘John Carter’: Disney’s Quarter-Billion-Dollar Movie Fiasco | Chris Lee | February 21, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTGingrich is a strong debater, agile enough even to turn a question about past marital infidelity into an applause line.
Mitt Romney Faces High Stakes in NBC Debate With Surging Newt Gingrich | Howard Kurtz | January 23, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIf a merry dance is produced by the agile bow, its sympathetic tones at once excite a corresponding feeling.
Violins and Violin Makers | Joseph PearceOne was a little wizened man who seemed, for all his apparent age, extremely agile.
The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle | Laura Lee HopeThey bounded through the tall herbage "like grasshoppers" and were remarkably agile in climbing.
Man And His Ancestor | Charles MorrisThe vision finally resolved itself into human form and shape, as it sprang down to the rock with the agile bound of a young deer.
Menotah | Ernest G. HenhamOne of them which P. le Comte saw was at least four feet high, and very agile.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
British Dictionary definitions for agile
/ (ˈædʒaɪl) /
quick in movement; nimble
mentally quick or acute
Origin of agile
1Derived forms of agile
- agilely, adverb
- agility (əˈdʒɪlɪtɪ), noun
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