agile

[In Fr. agile; Sp. & Port. agil; Ital. agile; all from Lat. agilis = (1) easily moved; (2) moving easily; (3) quick, active, busy; ago to set in motion.] Easily made to move; nimble, active. Used (1) chiefly of the limbs of man or of the lower animals. then leisurely impose, And lightly, shaking it with agile hand From the full fork, the saturated straw." † (2) Of the mind. Cowper: The Task , bk. iii. "Once more, I said, once more I will inquire What is this little agile , pervious fire, This fluttering motion, which we call the mind?" Prior: Solomon, hk. iii. *ag-ile-lý, adv. [AGILE.] In an agile manner, nimbly, actively.