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agile
[ aj-uhl, -ahyl ]
adjective
- quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe:
an agile leap.
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an agile person.
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- 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
- ˈ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- i· adverb
- i·Ա noun
- ܲ·i adjective
- un·i· adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of agile1
Example Sentences
Stuck halfway out of the massive graveyard set piece, Gaga performs the song with more yearning than ever before, her agile voice rising and falling as it cascades across the desperation in her lyrics.
But it’s also agile and inventive, unraveling our assumptions about those themes.
She frames her argument for change in terms of “agile” software design.
The layoffs are part of a larger plan to cut costs and create a “leaner, faster, and more agile organization,” Jordan said at the time.
He was too strong for guards and two agile for forwards and centers.
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