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Definition: Agility |
AgilityNoun1. The gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "agility" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1517. (references) |
Synonyms: AgilitySynonyms: legerity (n), lightness (n), lightsomeness (n), nimbleness (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Activity | Nimbleness, agility; smartness, quickness; Adjective: velocity; alacrity, promptitude; despatch, dispatch; expedition; haste; punctuality; (early). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Agility |
| English words defined with "agility": acrobat, Agileness ♦ Deliverness ♦ forest goat ♦ gymnastic, gymnastics ♦ Klipspringer ♦ Mooruk ♦ Onappo ♦ Pseudoryx nghetinhensis ♦ spindle horn, squirrel monkey, Steamer duck ♦ Tarzan ♦ Vagantes. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "agility": frequency agility ♦ mini-bike ♦ Silken Thread. (references) |
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Theater & Movies | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Suddenly, a man was discovered clambering up the rigging with the agility of a wildcat. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | They would often spring and bound and leap with prodigious agility. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Resistance training may contribute to better balance, coordination, and agility that may help prevent falls in the elderly. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Agility" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Agility" is used about 162 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 162 | 24,580 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "agility": frequency agility. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
agility | 293 |
agility dog | 176 |
agility equipment | 130 |
agility training | 58 |
agility drill | 47 |
agility ladder | 35 |
agility ladder drill | 22 |
agility tunnel | 19 |
agility ladders | 18 |
speed and agility | 16 |
agility drill speed | 16 |
agility exercise | 16 |
agility course | 14 |
agility association canada | 14 |
canine agility | 11 |
agility michelin | 11 |
agility illinois test | 10 |
agility club dog | 10 |
agility equipment plan | 9 |
agility jump | 9 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "agility"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | zhdërvjelltësi (dexterity, lubricity, policy), shkathtësi (adroitness, cleverness, craftiness, cunning, deftness, dexterity, facility, jugglery, legerity, lubricity, refractoriness, resourcefulness, sagacity, skill, smartness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | خفة حركة, رشاقة (alacrity, deftness, fluency, fluidity, gracefulness, graciousness, lightness, liveliness, nimbleness, quickness, readiness, sleight of hand, swiftness, thinness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сръчност (accomplishment, address, deftness, dexterity, facility, hand, handicraft, knack, readiness, skill, technic, technique), живост (activity, alertness, brio, esprit, ginger, jazz, liveliness, mercuriality, mobility, nervousness, pep, punch, snap, sprightliness, spunk, vinegar, vitality, vivacity, vividness, volatility, zap), ловкост (address, adroitness, diplomacy, legerdemain, neatness, skill, sleight, sleight of hand, subtlety), бързина (celerity, dispatch, expedition, fastness, haste, hastiness, lick, precipitance, promptitude, quickness, rapidity, readiness, speed, swiftness), пъргавост (lightness, promptitude, resilience, resiliency, smartness, spring, springiness, volatility), подвижност (flexibility, mobility, removability, resilience, resiliency, versatility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 敏捷性. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | agilnost, hbitost (alacrity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | hopfrekvens (frequency agility), frequency agility (frequency agility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | woeligheid (agitation, alarm), roerigheid (agitation, riot, tumult), beweeglýkheid. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | چالاکی (Dexterity, Pep, Promptitude, Vigilance, Vivacity), چابکی (Activity, Alacrity, Dexterity), تردستی (Dexterity, Juggle, Jugglery, Legerdemain, Skill, Sleight, Versatility), زیرکی (Brilliance, Cogency, Cunning, Intelligence, Perspicacity, Sagacity, Subtlety). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | notkeus (suppleness), ketteryys (nimbleness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | agilité. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Behendigkeit (nimbleness, quickness, swiftness), Lebendigkeit (liveliness, spryness, vitality, vividness), Gewandtheit (accomplishment, adroitness, cleverness, deftness, dexterity, dexterousness, elegance, eloquence, expertness, facility, glibness, handiness, neatness, nimbleness, savoir faire, skilfulness, skillfulness, suaveness, suavity, urbanity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ευστροφία (adaptability, nimbleness, shiftiness, versatileness, versatility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | זריזות (alertness, dexterity, expedition, facility, knack, liveliness, nimbleness, pep, pertness, quickness, skill). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | gyorsaság (celerity, expedition, fastness, haste, hastiness, pace, promptitude, promptness, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, readiness, speed, swiftness, velocity), agilitás. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | ketangkasan (adroitness, brevity, dexterity, knack), kegesitan (nimbleness), kecerdasan (aptitude, aptness, astuteness, brightness, brilliance, intelligence, shrewdness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | agilit (ease, fleetness, lightness, nimbleness), sveltezza (briskness, deftness, nimbleness, quickness, speed, swiftness), scioltezza (fluency, nimbleness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 敏速 (activity, quickness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しりがる (fickleness, frivolous, of loose morals), び"そく (activity, quickness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 기민성. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | skibbyltys (activeness, activeness of person, light-footedness, nimbleness, suppleness), gastid (cleverness, physical activity, sprightliness), gastaght (slickness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | agilityay agilidade (ability, nimbleness), presteza (activity, forwardness, haste, legerity, promptitude, speed). (various references) agilitate (cattiness, snap), sprintenealã (nimbleness, quickness). (various references) ловкость (address, adroitness, artfulness, cleverness, craft, deftness, dexterity, finesse, hand, knack, light hand, shiftiness, sleight, smartness). (various references) lùth-chleas (a manly feat, athletic), clisteachd (expertness). (various references) agilnost, okretnost (volubility), hitrost (quickness), žustrina (briskness, strenuousness). (various references) agilidad (accomplishment, adroitness, deftness, dexterousness, expertness, lightning, nimbleness, quickness, readiness, skilfulness, skill, skillfulness), presteza (promptitude, promptness), ligereza (airiness, briskness, flippancy, levity, lightness, light-strength(tobacco), swiftness, thinness). (various references) vighet, rörlighet (alertness, drift mobility, mobility, movability, moveability). (various references) atiklik (alertness, lightness, readiness), kıvraklık (lilt, litheness, suppleness), beceriklilik (adroitness, cleverness, dexterity, feat, handiness, ingeniousness, skill, smartness, versatility), çeviklik (fleetness, nimbleness). (various references) зalasynlyk (quickness). (various references) спритність (ability, activity, adroitness, alertness, artfulness, cleverness, deftness, efficiency, knack, nimbleness, policy, readiness, sleight), рухливість (mercuriality, mobility, motility, movability, nimbleness), швидкість (celerity, dispatch, fastness, gait, legerity, lightness, promptitude, quickness, rapidity, speed, swiftness, tempo, velocity), моторність (adroitness, alertness, celerity, deftness, dexterity, nimbleness), жвавість (alacrity, alertness, animation, liveliness, mercuriality, nimbleness, oomph, quickness, sparkle, starch, tightness, verve, vigor, vigour, vivacity). (various references) sự nhanh nhẹn (activity, lissomness, readiness), sự nhanh nhẩu (alacrity), sự lẹ l ng, sự lanh lợi (cleverness, readiness, subtilty, subtlety). (various references) sioncrwydd (briskness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words ending with "agility": fragility, vagility. (additional references) | |
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"Agility" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Agapito, agitity, avility, axiality, Galiotti, giolitti. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "agility" (pronounced uji"lutē) |
| 7 | u j i" l u t ē | fragility. |
| 5 | -i" l u t ē | ability, acceptability, accessibility, adaptability, admissibility, advisability, affordability, amiability, applicability, availability, believability, capability, civility, comparability, compatibility, comprehensibility, convertibility, credibility, culpability, debility, deductibility, deniability, dependability, desirability, disability, docility, ductility, durability, electability, eligibility, enforceability, facility, fallibility, feasibility, fertility, flammability, flexibility, futility, gentility, gullibility, hostility, humility, immobility, impossibility, inability, inaccessibility, incivility, incompatibility, indestructibility, inevitability, infallibility, infertility, inflexibility, instability, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irresponsibility, irritability, legibility, liability, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, miscibility, mobility, motility, nobility, nonutility, palatability, permeability, plausibility, portability, possibility, predictability, probability, profitability, readability, reliability, respectability, responsibility, senility, sensibility, stability, sterility, suitability, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, tranquility, transferability, unavailability, unpredictability, unreliability, utility, variability, versatility, viability, virility, visibility, volatility, vulnerability. |
| 4 | -l u t ē | abnormality, accountability, actuality, banality, bestiality, bisexuality, brutality, causality, centrality, collegiality, commonality, conditionality, confidentiality, congeniality, constitutionality, credulity, criminality, criticality, cyclicality, dimensionality, duality, equality, eventuality, extraterritoriality, fatality, fidelity, finality, formality, frivolity, frugality, functionality, generality, geniality, heterosexuality, homosexuality, hospitality, illegality, immorality, immortality, impartiality, impersonality, incredulity, individuality, inequality, infidelity, informality, instrumentality, irrationality, legality, lethality, liberality, locality, materiality, mentality, modality, morality, mortality, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, neutrality, normality, originality, partiality, personality, plurality, polity, practicality, principality, proportionality, punctuality, quality, rationality, reality, seasonality, sensuality, sentimentality, sexuality, speciality, spirituality, technicality, theatricality, tonality, totality, triviality, universality, unreality, venality, vitality. |
| 3 | -u t ē | absurdity, acidity, activity, acuity, adversity, affinity, aggressivity, alacrity, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, barbarity, biodiversity, brevity, calamity, capacity, captivity, cavity, celebrity, charity, chastity, clarity, commodity, community, complexity, complicity, conductivity, conformity, congruity, connectivity, continuity, creativity, crotchety, curiosity, deformity, deity, density, depravity, deputy, dexterity, dignity, discontinuity, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, diversity, divinity, domesticity, duplicity, eccentricity, elasticity, electricity, enmity, enormity, entity, equanimity, equity, eternity, ethnicity, exclusivity, expressivity, extremity, falsity, familiarity, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, festivity, fluidity, fraternity, generosity, gratuity, gravity, heredity, heterogeneity, hilarity, homogeneity, humanity, humidity, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illiquidity, immaturity, immunity, impropriety, impunity, impurity, inactivity, incapacity, incongruity, indemnity, indignity, inequity, inferiority, infinity, infirmity, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, insensitivity, insularity, integrity, intensity, irregularity, laity, laxity, levity, liquidity, lividity, longevity, majority, masculinity, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, minority, modernity, monstrosity, morbidity, multiplicity, nativity, necessity, negativity, Nonconformity, nonentity, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscenity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, overcapacity, oversensitivity, parity, particularity, passivity, paternity, paucity, peculiarity, perpetuity, perplexity, perversity, piety, polarity, pomposity, popularity, posterity, priority, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, purity, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, reactivity, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, religiosity, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, security, selectivity, seniority, sensitivity, serendipity, serenity, severity, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidarity, solidity, sorority, specificity, spontaneity, stupidity, subjectivity, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, temerity, tenacity, timidity, toxicity, Trinity, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unfamiliarity, uniformity, unity, university, unpopularity, uppity, validity, vanity, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, veracity, Verity, vicinity, virginity, virtuosity, viscosity, voracity, vulgarity. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-i-i-l-t-y" | |
-2 letters: gaily, laity, litai. | |
-3 letters: agly, alit, gait, gilt, glia, ilia, lati, tail, tali, yagi. | |
-4 letters: ail, ait, alt, gal, gat, gay, git, lag, lat, lay, lit, tag, til. | |
-5 letters: ag, ai, al, at, ay, it, la, li, ta, ti, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-i-i-l-t-y" | |
+1 letter: algidity, vagility. | |
+2 letters: digitally, fragility, geniality, gracility, malignity. | |
+3 letters: digitately, illegality, intangibly, laryngitic, laryngitis, legitimacy, logicality, vigilantly. | |
+4 letters: daylighting, fatiguingly, genitivally, hairstyling, immitigably, indignantly, integrality, interlaying, longanimity, marginality, originality, playwriting, prodigality, singularity, tangibility, vestigially. | |
+5 letters: agreeability, antilynching, appetizingly, collegiality, congeniality, crystalizing, daylightings, egoistically, fatigability, figuratively, flagitiously, forgeability, frangibility, gigantically, gratifyingly, hairstylings, hesitatingly, ignitability, illegitimacy, illogicality, interplaying, irregularity, irritatingly, laryngitides, legitimately, liturgically, logistically, navigability, obligatorily, playwritings, pregnability, satisfyingly, triglyphical, trilingually. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 67 69 6C 69 74 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- --. .. .-.. .. - -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100111 01101001 01101100 01101001 01110100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A g i l i t y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0067 0069 006C 0069 0074 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35737578758691 |
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