agility
n.the ability to move your body quickly and easily. You use this word when someone changes direction or speed without losing balance.
n.the quality of being quick, light, and easy in movement or thought; physical nimbleness or mental adaptability.
“The cat showed great agility when it jumped onto the shelf.”
“Her agility on the tennis court allowed her to reach balls that seemed out of reach.”
“In modern business, organizational agility is often valued more than rigid long-term planning because it allows companies to pivot quickly in response to market shifts.”
From late Middle English, borrowed from Middle French agilité, from Latin agilitās, from agilis (“nimble, fleet, quick”), equivalent to agile + -ity.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.