agility

Language: en

🇺🇸 /əˈdʒɪlətiː/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    The quality of being able to move quickly and easily; nimbleness of body or movement.; The ability to think and understand quickly; mental sharpness or quickness of mind.; The capacity of an organization or system to adapt rapidly and effectively to changing circumstances.; A competitive sport in which dogs are directed through an obstacle course within a set time limit.; In software development, the practice of iterative and incremental development that emphasizes flexibility, collaboration, and customer feedback (as in Agile methodology).

🔗 Details

Word forms

uncountable

Collocations

mental agilityphysical agilityagility testagility trainingwith great agilityagility drill

Derivatives

agileagilelyagileness

Synonyms

nimblenessquicknessdexterityflexibilitysupplenesslithe ness

Antonyms

clumsinesssluggishnessstiffnessawkwardness

Commonly confused

dexterity
EN: 'Dexterity' emphasizes skill and coordination, especially of the hands; 'agility' emphasizes speed and ease of movement of the whole body or mind.
flexibility
EN: 'Flexibility' refers to the ability to bend or adapt; 'agility' refers to the ability to move quickly and easily.

Spelling tips

EN: Derived from 'agile' by dropping the 'e' and adding '-ity'. Do not write 'agileity' or 'agillity' (single 'l').

💬 Examples

  1. The cat's agility allowed it to leap from branch to branch with ease.

  2. Her mental agility made her an excellent debater, always ready with a clever response.

  3. The company's agility in responding to market shifts gave it a competitive advantage.

  4. She and her border collie compete in agility events every weekend.

  5. The team embraced agility by delivering working software in two-week sprints.