a gymnast whose agility on the parallel bars has won him several medals
Recent Examples on the WebIsaiah Ricketson, Abington — The returning South Shore League all-star is a tailback with breakaway speed and excellent agility. Nate Weitzer, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2022 Caroline Sather took her first step toward the riding ring in the summer of 2020 with a set of agility dog videos. Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2022 In addition to providing an effective cardio workout and strengthening your lower body, jumping rope also helps improve coordination, power and agility. Tatiana Lampa, Good Housekeeping, 4 Aug. 2022 Now, agility is a top quality, along with adaptability as more of the job becomes intertwined with crisis management. Amber Burton, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2022 New spaces include a professional training room, weightlifting space, a fitness and agility room, a collaboration and media space, and new locker rooms. Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 22 Aug. 2022 Strength coach Chuck Losey designed a more personal workout plan for Clifford that included more yoga and agility exercises. Travis Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2022 Amazon Care wanted to have the agility of a start-up, but the company was sometimes overambitious about the scope and speed of the operation, three former employees said. Caroline O'donovan, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2022 Eastern religious practices and Black American abstraction impulses are both practices that provide a sense of freedom and agility of faith through visual art forms and varied experiences of enlightenment.Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English agilite, borrowed from Anglo-French agilitee, borrowed from Latin agilitāt-, agilitās, from agilisagile + -itāt-, -itās-ity
ADJECTIVE | VERB + AGILITY | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤amazing, considerable, great, surprising出奇的機敏;相當敏捷;極為靈活;驚人的機敏➤mental, physical思維敏捷;身體靈活◇I admired his considerable mental agility.我羨慕他思維那麼敏捷。VERB + AGILITY➤have有靈活性▸➤demonstrate, show表現出敏捷;展現出機敏◇She shows great agility on the tennis court.她在網球場上表現得十分敏捷。➤lack缺乏靈活性PREPOSITION➤with agility敏捷地◇He jumped over the wall with surprising agility.他以驚人的敏捷身手躍過了牆。