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From earlier agil, borrowed from Latin agilis (“agile, nimble”), from agō (“do, act; move”). See agent.

agile (comparative agiler or more agile, superlative agilest or most agile)

  1. Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; loose-jointed.
    Synonym: nimble
    an agile creature
    an agile wit
  2. Characterised by quick motion.
    agile movements
  3. (chiefly software engineering) Of or relating to agile software development, a technique for iterative and incremental development of software involving collaboration between teams.[1]
    agile methods

having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs

agile (uncountable)

  1. (chiefly software engineering) Agile software development.
  1. ^ Joe Miller (9 February 2018), “Are these the worst examples of business jargon?”, in BBC News‎[1], BBC

Borrowed from Latin agilis (“swift”).

agile (plural agiles)

  1. nimble, agile (quick and light in movement or action)

agile

  1. inflection of agil:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

From Latin agilis (“agile, nimble”), from agō (“do, act; move”).

agile m or f by sense (plural agili, superlative agilissimo)

  1. agile, nimble

agile

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of agilis

From Latin agilis.

agile (comparative mair agile, superlative maist agile)

  1. agile

agile

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of agir combined with le