Agilities
the power of moving quickly and easily; nimbleness:
exercises demanding agility.
the ability to think and draw conclusions quickly; intellectual acuity.
Historical Examples
She had this advantage, that Fargus was utterly unprepared and ignorant of the thousand agilities of her sex.
Max Fargus Owen Johnson
After a glance or two at her Domini felt that she was bored by her own agilities.
The Garden Of Allah Robert Hichens
n.
early 15c., from Old French agilité (14c.), from Latin agilitatem (nominative agilitas) “mobility, nimbleness, quickness,” from agilis, from agere “to move” (see act (n.)).
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