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spry
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spry

adjective \ˈsprī\
spri·er or spry·er \ˈsprī(-ə)r\ spri·est or spry·est \ˈsprī-əst\

Definition of SPRY

: nimble 1 <a spry 75-year-old>
— spry·ly adverb
— spry·ness noun
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Examples of SPRY

  1. <an older woman who's still surprisingly spry>

Origin of SPRY

origin unknown
First Known Use: 1746

Related to SPRY

Synonyms
agile, featly, feline, gracile, light, light-footed (also light-foot), lightsome, lissome (also lissom), lithe, lithesome, nimble, graceful
Antonyms
awkward, clumsy, gawky, graceless, klutzy, lumbering, ungainly, ungraceful

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