AGILITY

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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. They . . . trust to the agility of their wit. Bacon. Wheeling with the agility of a hawk. Sir W. Scott.

2.
n.

Activity; powerful agency. [Obs.] The agility of the sun's fiery heat. Holland.


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