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adjective, spry·er, spry·est or spri·er, spri·est.
active; nimble; agile; energetic; brisk.
Origin:
1740–50; origin uncertain
1740–50; origin uncertain
Related forms
spry·ly, adverb
spry·ness, noun
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| —adj , spryer, spryest, sprier, spriest | |
| active and brisk; nimble | |
| [C18: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish dialect spragg | |
| 'spryly | |
| —adv | |
| 'spryness | |
| —n | |
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Spry
is always a great word to know.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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Word Origin & History
spry
1746, dialectal, perhaps a shortening and alteration of sprightly, or from a Scand. source (cf. O.N. sprækr, dialectal Swed. sprygg "brisk, active"), from P.Gmc. *sprek-, from PIE *(s)preg- "to jerk, scatter" (see sparse).
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Example sentences
Once ingratiating and spry as an actor, he's getting dangerously close to that wind-chill factor that doesn't need others anymore.
Although seventy-four years of age, he is as spry and jovial as many persons are in the prime of life.
My generation and those following can retire into a spry and well-medicated second century.
They came in bow ties and crimson gowns, spry of step or aided by walkers, their college memories more or less intact.
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