Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The state or quality of being agile; nimbleness.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being agile; the power of moving quickly; nimbleness; briskness; activity, either of body or of mind.
- noun Powerful action; active force.
- noun Synonyms See
agile .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; nimbleness; activity; quickness of motion.
- noun obsolete Activity; powerful agency.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The quality of being
agile ; the power of moving thelimbs quickly and easily;nimbleness ; activity; quickness ofmotion ; as,strength and agility of body. - noun countable A faculty of being agile in body, mind, or figuratively.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word agility.
Examples
-
People conflate two different things under the term agility: engineering resource availability, and business response to changing conditions or opportunity.
CIO.in 2010
-
People conflate two different things under the term agility: engineering resource availability, and business response to changing conditions or opportunity.
CIO News 2010
-
However, the term agility is used to describe two different kinds of benefit; both are real, but one of them will, ultimately, be seen as offering the greatest impact.
CIO.in 2010
-
However, the term agility is used to describe two different kinds of benefit; both are real, but one of them will, ultimately, be seen as offering the greatest impact.
CIO News 2010
-
He specifically identifies “core values with teeth” as one of the six requirements a company needs for strategy execution: “clearly articulated values that underpin agility and drive hiring, promotion, and firing decisions.”
-
He specifically identifies “core values with teeth” as one of the six requirements a company needs for strategy execution: “clearly articulated values that underpin agility and drive hiring, promotion, and firing decisions.”
Women Grow Business » Reaffirming Your Core Values in the Face of Economic Recovery 2010
-
Kennard, an honor student, said he was being cleared Tuesday to begin agility drills.
-
Successful, enduring businesses recognize that agility is possible without deviating from core values and core competencies.
Women Grow Business » Just Like That, the Market Shifted and So Did We 2009
-
Almost any sport that requires quickness and agility is dominated by black players.
-
He specifically identifies “core values with teeth” as one of the six requirements a company needs for strategy execution: “clearly articulated values that underpin agility and drive hiring, promotion, and firing decisions.”
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.