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Definition
able to move well quickly and easily
or:
able to think well quickly and easily
or:
able to think well quickly and easily
- I was the first of the players to cross the third-base line, but—for a fat man—Mr. Chickering was agile.p. 36.4
- They were in attendance at A Christmas Carol to watch Mr. Kenmore slaughter the part of the Ghost of Christmas Present; but I could see them in their short-sleeved summer garb, with their identically sunburned noses—they always sat down low in the bleachers, because Donny was not agile and Mrs. Kenmore feared he would fall through the slats.p. 242.9
There are no more uses of "agile" in A Prayer for Owen Meany.
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