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# agility

«agility» in Mova's school dictionary: **being able to move quickly, easily and lightly** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (agility — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Agility is being able to move quickly, easily and lightly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agility/#m1)

2) Agility (of mind) is being able to think quickly and cleverly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agility/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In PE and sport, agility means quick changes of direction, balance and speed. Animals like cats, squirrels and monkeys are famous for agility. Dog agility is a sport where dogs run through tunnels and over jumps. Phrases: «agility training», «mental agility».

### examples

- The cat jumped onto the fence with great agility. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agility/#x1)
- We did agility drills in PE, running between cones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agility/#x2)
- Squirrels show amazing agility in the trees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agility/#x3)
- Our dog won a prize in an agility contest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agility/#x4)
- The goalkeeper needs agility to save the ball. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agility/#x5)
- Puzzles help your mental agility. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agility/#x6)
- Monkeys swing through branches with agility. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agility/#x7)
- Ares is represented as a man of youthful appearance; his tall muscular form combines great strength with wonderful agility. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agility/#x8)

### note

Uncountable: no «an agility». Adjective: agile («an agile cat»). Opposite: clumsiness.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «agility» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agility/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.