All 10 Uses of
agile
in
War and Peace
- But if the count, getting more and more into the swing of it, charmed the spectators by the unexpectedness of his adroit maneuvers and the agility with which he capered about on his light feet, Marya Dmitrievna produced no less impression by slight exertions—the least effort to move her shoulders or bend her arms when turning, or stamp her foot—which everyone appreciated in view of her size and habitual severity.†
Chpt 1
- I sat all the time in this same place at this table, chose and placed cards, and watched those broad-boned agile hands in the same way.†
Chpt 4 *
- She is unusually intelligent, charming…. and then she is pretty, uncommonly pretty, and agile—she swims and rides splendidly…. and her voice!†
Chpt 6
- The aide-de-camp, an adept in his art, grasping his partner firmly round her waist, with confident deliberation started smoothly, gliding first round the edge of the circle, then at the corner of the room he caught Helene's left hand and turned her, the only sound audible, apart from the ever-quickening music, being the rhythmic click of the spurs on his rapid, agile feet, while at every third beat his partner's velvet dress spread out and seemed to flash as she whirled round.†
Chpt 6
- Then with no less fear and delight they saw how the young count, red in the face and with bloodshot eyes, dragged Mitenka out by the scruff of the neck and applied his foot and knee to his behind with great agility at convenient moments between the words, shouting, "Be off!†
Chpt 7
- Catherine Petrovna did actually play valses and the ecossaise, and dancing began in which Nicholas still further captivated the provincial society by his agility.†
Chpt 12
- His physical strength and agility during the first days of his imprisonment were such that he seemed not to know what fatigue and sickness meant.†
Chpt 12
- In the middle of the room a short handsome general with a red face was dancing the trepak with much spirit and agility.†
Chpt 13
- Napoleon with his forty-year-old stomach understood that hint, not feeling his former agility and boldness, and under the influence of the fright the Cossacks had given him he at once agreed with Mouton and issued orders—as the historians tell us—to retreat by the Smolensk road.†
Chpt 13
- The blue-gray bandy legged dog ran merrily along the side of the road, sometimes in proof of its agility and self-satisfaction lifting one hind leg and hopping along on three, and then again going on all four and rushing to bark at the crows that sat on the carrion.†
Chpt 14
Definition:
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(agile) able to move well quickly and easily
or:
able to think well quickly and easily