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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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Spry
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Example Sentences
- McCauley's sixth novel, and while his characters are getting older, their creator's wit remains spry.
- My generation and those following can retire into a spry and well-medicated second century.
- Then grab a few of younger, spry ones and ask them to sit on the ground up front.
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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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