different between flying vs agile

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fla?.??/
• Hyphenation: fly?ing

Etymology 1

From Middle English fleynge, flee?inge, flihinde, vlyinde, vleoinde, flyand,ffleghand, flighand (also fleoninde, fleonninde, etc.), from Old English fl?ogende, from Proto-Germanic *fleugandz (“flying”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *fleugan? (“to fly”), equivalent to fly +? -ing. Cognate with Saterland Frisian fljoogend (“flying”), West Frisian fleanend (“flying”), Dutch vliegend (“flying”), German Low German flegend (“flying”), German fliegend (“flying”), Danish flyvende (“flying”), Swedish flygande (“flying”), Icelandic fljúgandi (“flying”).

Adjective

flying (not comparable)

1. That flies or can fly.

   flying fox

   a flying rumour

   • Matthew (26—6 to 13), Mark (14—3 to 9), and Luke (7—37 and 38) also heard of, and related, the circumstance of Mary, whom John says (11 — 2) was the sister of Lazarus, anointing the head of Jesus with ointment, yet they neither of them utter a syllable about his raising her brother from the dead. It is difficult to account for this fact, unless we suppose that John was actually dishonest, or that he took up, believed and recorded a flying story, which an occurrence of some kind had given rise to, but which was without any foundation in truth.

2. Brief or hurried.

   flying visit

3. (nautical, of a sail) Not secured by yards.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

flying

1. present participle of fly

Etymology 2

From Middle English flyinge, fleyng, fleyinge, fleynge, fleghyng, flei?eyng, flyeghynge, equivalent to fly +? -ing. Cognate with Danish flyvning (“flying”), Swedish flygning (“flying”), Norwegian flyvning, flygning, flyging, flying (“flying”).

Noun

flying (countable and uncountable, plural flyings)

1. (countable) An act of flight.
   • 1993, John C. Greene, Gladys L. H. Clark, The Dublin Stage, 1720-1745 (page 58)

     "Flyings" could vary considerably in complexity and lavishness and could involve an actor or property being either lifted from the stage into the flies above or vice versa. As Colin Visser has observed, flyings and sinkings are both "associated with supernatural manifestations of various kinds" […]

2. (uncountable) The action or process of sustained motion through the air.

Translations

Anagrams

• flingy

English

Etymology

From earlier agil, borrowed from Latin agilis (“agile, nimble”), from ag? (“do, act; move”). See agent.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æd??.a?l/, /?æd??.?l/
• ,
• Rhymes: -æd??l

Adjective

agile (comparative agiler or more agile, superlative agilest or most agile)

1. Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move

   Synonym: nimble

   • 1902, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles

     The man drew out paper and tobacco and twirled the one up in the other with surprising dexterity. He had long, quivering fingers as agile and restless as the antennae of an insect.

2. Characterised by quick motion

3. (chiefly software engineering) Of or relating to agile software development, a technique for iterative and incremental development of software involving collaboration between teams.

   agile methods

Synonyms

• active, alert, nimble, brisk, lively, quick

Antonyms

• unagile

Derived terms

• agility

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Eliga, liage

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin agilis (“swift”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.?il/
• Rhymes: -il

Adjective

agile (plural agiles)

1. nimble, agile (quick and light in movement or action)

Derived terms

• agilement
• agilité

Further reading

• “agile” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• aigle
• gelai

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a??i?l?]
• Hyphenation: agi?le

Adjective

agile

1. inflection of agil:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Etymology

From Latin agilis (“agile, nimble”), from ag? (“do, act; move”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.d??i.le/

Adjective

agile (plural agili)

1. agile, nimble

Derived terms

• agilmente

Related terms

• agilità

Anagrams

• gelai
• legai

Further reading

• agile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Adjective

agile

1. nominative neuter singular of agilis
2. accusative neuter singular of agilis
3. vocative neuter singular of agilis

Scots

Etymology

From Latin agilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??d??il/

Adjective

agile (comparative mair agile, superlative maist agile)

1. agile

References

• “agile” in Eagle, Andy, editor, The Online Scots Dictionary^[2], 2016.