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spry

[ sprahy ]

adjective

, spry·er, spry·est or spri·er, spri·est.
  1. active; nimble; agile; energetic; brisk.


spry

/ spraɪ /

adjective

  1. active and brisk; nimble


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Derived Forms

  • ˈspryness, noun
  • ˈspryly, adverb

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Other Words From

  • spryly adverb
  • spryness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of spry1

First recorded in 1740–50; origin uncertain

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Word History and Origins

Origin of spry1

C18: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish dialect spragg sprig

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Example Sentences

For someone doing, as he puts it, “double duty,” the 59-year-old Condon looks remarkably spry.

Last year, at the less than spry age of 34, he broke two bones in his back while leading his Everton team to an FA Cup win.

On YouTube, Letterman was no match for his spry, versatile competition.

Listening on the other side of the court was Edith Windsor herself, a spry 83-year-old with bright eyes and a pixie-like smile.

Once more, Zoppé: An Italian Family Circus—170 years old and spry as ever—is off and running.

These yer orphans 'll git their house back agin, and that's enough for them; they're young and spry, and k'n easy earn a livin'.

He is pretty spry when he gets started, but the thing is to start him.

This is the dullest of dull holes, still we manage to get a bit spry not and then.

My grandfather, though so small as to be almost diminutive, was spry and brave as an aroused wasp when anyone insulted him.

The words came from one of the boomers, a fat but spry old chap named Dunbar.

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