agileness

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ag·ile

(ăj′əl, -īl′)

adj.

1. Characterized by quickness, lightness, and ease of movement; nimble.

2. Mentally quick or alert: an agile mind.

[French, from Latin agilis, from agere, to drive, do; see ag- in Indo-European roots.]

ag′ile·ly adv.

ag′ile·ness n.

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agileness

(ˈædʒaɪlnəs)

the quality of being agile

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The quality or state of being mentally agile:

agility, dexterity, dexterousness, nimbleness, quickness.

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Marek says of the car's exterior execution, "We want to do the sharp lines and have some agileness or sportiness to it by leaning it out." While the transition surfaces aren't, he says, "voluptuous per se," he says they have "some section so they don't feel flat, but precise." Marek adds, "We could have done it flat and edgy."