Silver, awarded to the Italian technology department at the end of the day, for their nimbleness (7)
I believe the answer is:
agility
'nimbleness' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'silver awarded to the italian technology' is the wordplay.
'silver' becomes 'Ag' (Ag is the chemical symbol for silver).
'awarded' becomes 'y' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'the italian' becomes 'il' (Italian for 'the').
'technology' becomes 'IT' (Information Technology).
'il'+'it'='ilit'
'y' after 'ilit' is 'ility'.
'ag'+'ility'='AGILITY'
'department at the end of the day for their' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for agility that I've seen before include "Gracefulness of the quick and nimble" , "Gaily it goes with nimble movement" , "dexterity" , "Physical ability to move nimbly and quickly" , "Sprightliness" .)