About The Word Spry
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Spry
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What's The Definition Of Spry?
[adj] moving quickly and lightly; "sleek and agile as a gymnast"; "as nimble as a deer"; "nimble fingers"; "quick of foot"; "the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Spry: active | agile | nimble | quick Related Terms | Find terms related to Spry: See Also | Spry In Webster's Dictionary \Spry\, a. [Compar. {Sprier} or {Spryer}; superl. {Spriest}
or {Spryest}.] [Cf. dial. Sw. sprygg lively, skittish, and E.
sprag.]
Having great power of leaping or running; nimble; active.
[U.S. & Local Eng.]
She is as spry as a cricket. --S. Judd
(Margaret).
If I'm not so large as you, You are not so small as I,
And not half so spry. --Emerson.
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