agile

Preposition: on

road: It vindicates BMW's design philosophy by being relatively nimble in urban environments and dynamic and agile on British back roads.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

make: Working on a higher abstraction level makes the process more agile at the same time.

Modifies a noun

• climber: In fact they are very agile climbers, using their long tails to balance.
• handling: I liked her agile handling of the cadenza in the Allegro, too.
• methodology: Cockburn turns to the practical challenges of constructing agile methodologies for your own teams.
• manufacturing: The text of a roundtable discussion on agile manufacturing, also featuring Brian Maskell, is provided.
• testing: His ideas about homebrew automation, agile testing and testability have been featured in Application Development Trends and The Rational Edge.
• aircraft: Britain had the Spitfire and the Hurricane, which were both fast, agile aircraft with reliable weaponry.

Used with adjective complement

• become: However, being the child of parents who spent their working lives in foreign postings, I became socially very agile.
• feel: Also I felt mentally more agile than they are about my kind of thing.
• look: Harte: 5 - Ruel Fox made Him look as agile as a dump truck - lost out to him every time.

Infinitive complement

get: You have to be agile to get across the goalmouth at a moments notice.

Modifying Another Word

• surprisingly: With the engine placed at the bike's exact center of gravity, it was surprisingly agile for its size.
• mentally: Young players from the outset should be coached to be problem solvers and thus more mentally agile for success in the sport.
• incredibly: Although he was very big he was incredibly agile and elegant, thus his nickname.
• extremely: After 3 weeks she was better than she had been for 2 years and extremely agile for a dog of 16.
• highly: The design is wingless, with aerodynamic tail control giving a fast, highly agile missile.
• very: In fact they are very agile climbers, using their long tails to balance.

Preposition: than

human: He appears to be faster and more agile than normal humans, and knows some variety of martial arts.