Word Meanings - AGILENESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Agility; nimbleness.

AGILITY
1. The quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; nimbleness; activity; quickness of motion; as, strength and agility of body. They . . . trust to the agility of their wit. Bacon. Wheeling with the agility of a hawk.
NIMBLENESS
The quality of being nimble; lightness and quickness in motion; agility; swiftness.
FRAGILITY
1. The condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility. Bacon. 2. Weakness; feebleness. An appearance of delicacy, and even of fragility, is almost essential to it . Burke. 3. Liability to error and sin; frailty. The fragility