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agility
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English
Etymology
From late Middle English, borrowed from Middle French agilité, from Latin agilitās, from agilis (“nimble, fleet, quick”), equivalent to agile + -ity.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /əˈd͡ʒɪl.ɪ.ti/, /əˈd͡ʒɪl.ə.ti/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (US, General Australian) IPA(key): /əˈd͡ʒɪl.ə.ti/, [əˈd͡ʒɪl.ə.ɾi]
- Rhymes: -ɪlɪti
Noun
agility (countable and uncountable, plural agilities)
- (uncountable) The quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; quickness of motion
- Synonym: nimbleness
- His superior agility countered his lack of strength.
- (countable) A faculty of being agile in body, mind, or figuratively.
Derived terms
Translations
quality of being agile
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Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
agility
Declension
Further reading
- “agility”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
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Hungarian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
agility (usually uncountable, plural agilityk)
- (sports) agility, dog agility (a dog sport in which a handler directs a dog through an obstacle course in a race for both time and accuracy)
Declension
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Swedish
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