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agile
[ aj-uhl, -ahyl ]
adjective
- quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe:
an agile leap.
Antonyms: awkward
an agile person.
- 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 manufacturing; Compare waterfall ( def 3 ).agile development.
agile software programming;
agile manufacturing;
agile teams.
noun
- 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.
agile
/ əˈdʒɪlɪtɪ; ˈædʒaɪl /
adjective
- quick in movement; nimble
- mentally quick or acute
Derived Forms
- agility, noun
- ˈagilely, adverb
Other Words From
- agile·ly adverb
- agile·ness noun
- un·agile adjective
- un·agile·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of agile1
Example Sentences
Uplift challenges traditional aid models by providing immediate, unconditional financial assistance through agile giving — a philosophy recognizing survivors as experts in their own lives.
Both species possessed upright postures, bipedalism and were highly agile.
They weren't as agile and ran into things, but every tested bat compensated immediately and effectively.
Saturday, Acevedo, a spry and agile senior, moved quickly to inspect the orchard.
Another key challenge, he notes, is cultural: Vistara's agile employees may struggle to adjust to Air India's complex bureaucracy and systems.
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