(adj) moving quickly and lightly, Syn.nimble, quick, spry, Example: sleek and agile as a gymnast; as nimble as a deer; nimble fingers; quick of foot; the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it
(adv) in a nimble or agile manner; with quickness and lightness and ease; - Charles Dickens, Syn.nimbly, Example: nimbly scaling an iron gate; leaped agilely from roof to roof
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
a. [ F. agile, L. agilis, fr. agere to move. See Agent. ] Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; an agile tongue. [ 1913 Webster ]
Shaking it with agile hand. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
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