SPRY

spry. Spry, a. nimble, brisk, quick in action

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Spry (sprī), a. [Compar. Sprier or Spryer (–ẽr); superl. Spriest or Spryest.] [[Cf. dial. Sw. sprygg lively, skittish, and E. sprag.]] Having great power of leaping or running; nimble; active. 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.