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
They weren’t designed to be agile and help us solve customers’ problems during times like these.
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Europe urges e-commerce platforms to share data in fight against coronavirus scams | Natasha Lomas | November 6, 2020 | TechCrunchAn agile marketing team’s initial goal is typically to release a minimum viable product and then test the waters and see how a select segment of your market responds.
Four ways to test your marketing ideas instead of trusting blogs | Sarah Fruy | November 4, 2020 | Search Engine Watch“This bird hunts in forests, so it’s super agile,” says Enrico Ajanic, a doctoral student and roboticist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne.
The size-small 29er that I tested felt as agile as an aircraft carrier and just as effortful to get moving.
One of them ran up to within two feet of Kieran and snapped at him with its great jaws, dodging agilely when he raised his arm.
The Stars, My Brothers | Edmond HamiltonPercy waited until his foe was almost upon him, then agilely leaped to one side.
Jim Spurling, Fisherman | Albert Walter TolmanSpringing agilely behind the ravening monster, Theseus, with a swinging stroke of his blade, cut off one of its legs at the knee.
Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) | Charles MorrisWith a sudden bound Fordyce scrambled agilely and rapidly up the rough-and-ready ladder.
A Sub and a Submarine | Percy F. WestermanStepping agilely aside Dacres thrust out his foot and sent one of his assailants sprawling on his hands and knees.
The Dreadnought of the Air | Percy F. Westerman
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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