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Spry

Spry Meaning & Definition
Spry Definition And Meaning

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

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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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