spryly

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spryly
Adverb
  • Witnesses described the shark as looking healthy, moving agilely and visibly feeding.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Meta will lay off roughly 600 employees within its artificial intelligence unit as the company looks to reduce layers and operate more nimbly, a spokesperson confirmed to CNBC on Wednesday.
    Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The one fest to rule them all is L’Alliance’s Crossing the Line, which nimbly presents a full lineup including many co-productions in tandem with other festivals and presenting venues.
    Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • The story starts to unfold more briskly once Nolan gets Tully to agree to exchange Elsbeth for the increasingly and very loudly distraught store staffer in costume as Raggedy Ann.
    Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The Giants briskly filled that need by signing the top free-agent shortstop on the market to a seven-year, $182 million contract.
    Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Spryly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spryly. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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