Agility

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Agility \A*gil"i*ty\, n. [F. agili['e], L. agilitas, fr.
     agilis.]
     1. The quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs
        quickly and easily; nimbleness; activity; quickness of
        motion; as, strength and agility of body.
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              They . . . trust to the agility of their wit.
                                                    --Bacon.
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              Wheeling with the agility of a hawk.  --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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     2. Activity; powerful agency. [Obs.]
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              The agility of the sun's fiery heat.  --Holland.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  agility
       n : the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and
           nimble [syn: {legerity}, {lightness}, {lightsomeness}, {nimbleness}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "agility":
     acuity, acuteness, alacrity, alertness, attention, attentiveness,
     brightness, briskness, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness,
     featliness, keenness, lightness, nimbleness, promptitude,
     promptness, punctuality, quickness, readiness, sharpness,
     sleeplessness, smartness, speediness, spryness, swiftness,
     wakefulness