as in graceful
moving easily
an older woman who's still surprisingly spry
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Recent Examples of spry
Lali is cheerful and spry, with a surfeit of energy—sprinting for no reason, flourishing her movements, meowing ten times in a row.
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Tao Lin, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Purdy said that the 29-year-old looks physically spry.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Aug. 2025
That might sound like a knock, but Rookie Cops is a surprisingly spry police procedural even if that aspect is not the main attraction (so to speak).
—Geoffrey Bunting, Time, 1 Aug. 2025
Spry as any deep-sleeping eighteen-year-old might – nineteen in a few weeks all right but, by any measure, pretty spry.
—Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2025
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Tao Lin, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Purdy said that the 29-year-old looks physically spry.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Aug. 2025
That might sound like a knock, but Rookie Cops is a surprisingly spry police procedural even if that aspect is not the main attraction (so to speak).
—Geoffrey Bunting, Time, 1 Aug. 2025
Spry as any deep-sleeping eighteen-year-old might – nineteen in a few weeks all right but, by any measure, pretty spry.
—Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spry
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During a visit here, travelers can swim with these large, graceful creatures and also see schools of fish and other sea life.—
Taylor McIntyre,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Oct. 2025
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The Japanese marque’s latest midsize SUV looks so much better than its predecessor and has a smooth, graceful shape with just the right amount of flair.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
2 Oct. 2025
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Instead, the mark of leadership will be managing agile teams of human and AI collaborators—delegating, coordinating, and integrating outputs to achieve greater results than either type of contributor could alone.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
10 Oct. 2025
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Friendly goats treat downward dog posers as their own obstacle courses, scrambling atop yogis who may just find that supporting the weight of their agile farm friends is a surprisingly vigorous — and hilarious — core workout.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Spry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spry. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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