TheGroovywebsite(http://groovy.codehaus.org)givesoneofthebestdefinitionsofGroovy:“GroovyisanagiledynamiclanguagefortheJavaPlatformwithmanyfeaturesthatareinspiredbylanguageslikePython,RubyandSmalltalk,makingthemavailabletoJavadevelopersusingaJava-likesyntax.”