agile

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

AG'ILE, adjective [Latin agilis, from ago. See Act.] Nimble; having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; brisk; active. And bending forward, stuck his agile heels.
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