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Agile vs Clumsy - What's the difference?

agile | clumsy |

As adjectives the difference between agile and clumsy

is that agile is having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; an agile tongue while clumsy is awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous.

As a noun clumsy is

a person.

agile

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; an agile tongue.
  • * Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 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.
  • (computing) 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

    Derived terms

    * agility ----

    clumsy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous
    • He's very clumsy . I wouldn't trust him with carrying the dishes.
  • Not elegant or well-planned, lacking tact or subtlety
    • It is a clumsy solution, but it might work for now.
    What a clumsy joke...
  • awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape

    • Noun

    (clumsies)
  • A person.

    • Synonyms

    * butterfingers * klutz

    See also

    * clumsies

    Anagrams

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