Definitions for: 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: active, agile, nimble, quick

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