Agility — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈændᵻfˌaɪ/

🇬🇧British English

/blˈɪki/

🇮🇳Indian English

/blˈɪki/

4 syllables Say it as /kˈændᵻfˌaɪ/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

legerity lightsomeness nimbleness lightness

Word Forms

agile	adjective	moving quickly and lightly
light	adjective	moving easily and quickly; nimble
lightsome	adjective	moving easily and quickly; nimble
nimble	adjective	moving quickly and lightly

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Beweglichkeit

die Anmut einer Person oder eines Tieres, die schnell und flink ist

🇫🇷French

agilité

la grâce d'une personne ou d'un animal rapide et agile

🇪🇸Spanish

agilidad

la gracia de una persona o animal que es rápido y ágil

🇮🇹Italian

agilità

la grazia di una persona o di un animale che è veloce e agile

🇳🇱Dutch

wendbaarheid

de gratie van een persoon of dier dat snel en behendig is

🇵🇹Portuguese

agilidade

a graciosidade de uma pessoa ou animal que é rápida e ágil

🇷🇺Russian

ловкость

грациозность человека или животного, быстрая и ловкая

India

🇮🇳Hindi

चपलता

किसी व्यक्ति या जानवर की सुंदरता जो तेज़ और फुर्तीला हो

🇧🇩Bengali

তত্পরতা

একটি ব্যক্তি বা প্রাণীর করুণাময়তা যা দ্রুত এবং চতুর

🇮🇳Tamil

சுறுசுறுப்பு

விரைவான மற்றும் வேகமான ஒரு நபர் அல்லது விலங்கின் கருணை

🇮🇳Telugu

చురుకుదనం

త్వరగా మరియు అతి చురుకైన వ్యక్తి లేదా జంతువు యొక్క మనోహరం

🇮🇳Marathi

चपळता

द्रुत आणि चपळ असलेल्या व्यक्तीची किंवा प्राण्याची कृपा

🇮🇳Gujarati

ચપળતા

ઝડપી અને ફોરું અને હરવાફરવામાં ચપળ કે ચાલાક છે તે વ્યક્તિ અથવા પ્રાણીની આકર્ષકતા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಚುರುಕುತನ

ತ್ವರಿತ ಮತ್ತು ವೇಗವುಳ್ಳ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ ಅಥವಾ ಪ್ರಾಣಿಯ ಆಕರ್ಷಕತೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ചടുലത

വേഗമേറിയതും വേഗതയുള്ളതുമായ ഒരു വ്യക്തിയുടെയോ മൃഗത്തിൻ്റെയോ കൃപ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਚੁਸਤੀ

ਕਿਸੇ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਜਾਂ ਜਾਨਵਰ ਦੀ ਮਿਹਰਬਾਨੀ ਜੋ ਤੇਜ਼ ਅਤੇ ਚੁਸਤ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

چستی

کسی شخص یا جانور کی خوبصورتی جو تیز اور فرتیلا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

敏捷

快速灵活的人或动物的优雅

🇯🇵Japanese

機敏性

機敏で機敏な人または動物の優雅さ

🇰🇷Korean

민첩

빠르고 민첩한 사람이나 동물의 우아함

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự nhanh nhẹn

sự duyên dáng của một người hoặc động vật nhanh nhẹn và nhanh nhẹn

🇹🇭Thai

ความคล่องตัว

ความสง่างามของคนหรือสัตว์ที่รวดเร็วว่องไว

🇮🇩Indonesian

kelincahan

keanggunan seseorang atau hewan yang gesit dan gesit

🇵🇭Filipino

liksi

ang kagandahan ng isang tao o hayop na mabilis at maliksi

🇲🇾Malay

ketangkasan

keanggunan seseorang atau haiwan yang cepat dan lincah

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

خفة الحركة

رشاقة شخص أو حيوان سريع وذكي

🇮🇷Persian

چابکی

برازندگی شخص یا حیوانی که سریع و زیرک است

🇹🇷Turkish

çeviklik

hızlı ve çevik olan bir kişinin veya hayvanın zarafeti

🇮🇱Hebrew

זְרִיזוּת

החן של אדם או חיה שהוא מהיר וזריז

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