Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[F.

agile

, L.

agilis

, fr.

agere

to move. See

Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active;

as, an

agile

boy; an

agile

tongue.

Shaking it with

agile

hand.

Cowper.

Syn. – Active; alert; nimble; brisk; lively; quick.

Adj.

[L. agilis, from ago. See Act.]

Nimble; having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; brisk; active.

And bending forward, stuck his agile heels.