spryly

Definition of sprylynext

Example Sentences

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
  • The dog went on, jauntily carrying his baguette, passing a grapefruit tree that shaded a telephone booth.
    Peter Heller, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Jan. 2024
Adverb
  • Green’s guitar whirls nimbly underneath the words, while an effect like a muted choir loops in the background.
    Linnie Greene, Pitchfork, 6 Mar. 2026
  • In a film that nimbly walks the tightrope between lightheartedness and weightlessness, Jerry and Mabel’s antagonistic relationship ends up proving the unexpected core of the story.
    Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 2 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • Turner is also great, playing the dashingly handsome hero with emotional depth.
    Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 20 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • In Albany, Ossé filmed a video, rife with quick cuts, of himself walking around briskly in a dark suit and talking about the Fair Share Act.
    Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2026
  • On a February Los Angeles morning, Gyllenhaal moves briskly across the lobby of a low-key-chic hotel, barely breaking stride to ask that, instead of a discreet celeb-friendly indoor corner table, perhaps our interview could take place on an outdoor patio.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • Not exactly a breezily escapist tale of party-girl antics, this is more of a dystopian novel about the inevitable tech-apocalypse, told through the story of a family on vacation from Brooklyn.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The comedians Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang breezily observed on a podcast last month that donating to Crockett is a waste of money.
    Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
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“Spryly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spryly. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.

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