agile

• Agile (software engineering senses)

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

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæd͡ʒ.aɪl/, /ˈæd͡ʒ.əl/

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• Rhymes: -ædʒaɪl, -ædʒəl

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.

   Synonym: nimble

   an agile creature

   an agile wit

   • 1901 August – 1902 April, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles: Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes, London: George Newnes, […], published 1902, →OCLC:

     The man drew out paper and tobacco and twirled the one up in the other with surprising dexterity. He had long, quivering fingers as agile and restless as the antennae of an insect.

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

• active, alert, nimble, brisk, lively, quick

• unagile

agile (uncountable)

1. (chiefly software engineering) Agile software development.

• Eliga, liage

Borrowed from Latin agilis (“swift”).

• IPA^(key): /a.ʒil/

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• Rhymes: -il

agile (plural agiles)

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

• agilement
• agilité

• “agile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• aigle
• gelai

• IPA^(key): [aˈɡiːlə]

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• Hyphenation: agi‧le

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.d͡ʒi.le/
• Rhymes: -adʒile
• Hyphenation: à‧gi‧le

agile m or f (plural agili, superlative agilissimo)

1. agile, nimble

• agilmente

• agilità

• agile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• algie, gelai, legai

agile

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of agilis

From Latin agilis.

• IPA^(key): /əˈdʒəil/

agile (comparative mair agile, superlative maist agile)

1. agile

• Eagle, Andy, editor (2025), “agile”, in The Online Scots Dictionary‎^[2]

agile

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