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).
[1913 Webster]
If I'm not so large as you,
You are not so small as I,
And not half so spry. --Emerson.
[1913 Webster]
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
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