The Only Use of
agile
in
Moby Dick
- But the tendency to rapid sinking in this substance was in the present instance materially counteracted by the other parts of the head remaining undetached from it, so that it sank very slowly and deliberately indeed, affording Queequeg a fair chance for performing his agile obstetrics on the run, as you may say.†
Chpt 76-78
Definition:
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(agile) able to move well quickly and easily
or:
able to think well quickly and easily