spry

4 definitions found

spry - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Spry \Spry\ (spr[imac]), a. [Compar. Sprier or Spryer
     (-[~e]r); 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.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           She is as spry as a cricket.             --S. Judd
                                                    (Margaret).
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           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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spry - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  spry
      adj 1: 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" [syn: agile, nimble,
             quick, spry]

spry - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Spry, PA (CDP, FIPS 73528)
    Location: 39.91250 N, 76.68753 W
    Population (1990): 4271 (1905 housing units)
    Area: 6.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

spry - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  61 Moby Thesaurus words for "spry":
     active, activist, activistic, agile, alacritous, alive, animated,
     bouncing, bouncy, breezy, brisk, bubbly, chipper, dispatchful,
     ebullient, effervescent, energetic, expeditious, featly, fleet,
     frisky, full of go, full of life, full of pep, graceful, healthy,
     light, light-footed, live, lively, mercurial, militant,
     neat-fingered, neat-handed, nimble, nimble-footed, peart, peppy,
     perky, pert, prompt, quick, quicksilver, ready, robust, sharp,
     smacking, smart, snappy, sound, spanking, speedy, spirited,
     sprightly, sure-footed, swift, vigorous, vivacious, volant, zingy,
     zippy