as in graceful
moving easily
an older woman who's still surprisingly spry
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as in agility
ease and grace in physical activity
has the spryness and flexibility of a professional athlete
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Recent Examples of spry
Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024
Judging by the sporting photos on his campaign website, Kennedy would like to be seen as the virile, athletic and spry choice for the White House.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
Hank, as Kahn calls him, was spry and agile even in his last decade.
—Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2024
At one point, Aang runs into Bumi (Utkarsh Ambudkar, under a lot of old age makeup), a boyhood friend who is somehow still alive (and reasonably spry) 10 decades later.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2024
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The 76-year-old King notably offers up some spry elderly heroes, too.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024
Judging by the sporting photos on his campaign website, Kennedy would like to be seen as the virile, athletic and spry choice for the White House.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
Hank, as Kahn calls him, was spry and agile even in his last decade.
—Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2024
At one point, Aang runs into Bumi (Utkarsh Ambudkar, under a lot of old age makeup), a boyhood friend who is somehow still alive (and reasonably spry) 10 decades later.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spry
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Marked by a graceful melancholia and filled with daunting technical feats, especially the director’s signature, logistics-defying long takes, his films are beautifully realized meditations on nostalgia and loss in which the cinema tends to be a character itself.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
23 May 2025
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This is graceful, quietly intelligent filmmaking—including a touch of unsentimental magic realism involving a wise and beautiful Norwegian Forest Cat.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
23 May 2025
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Even the dog parks are full of Type-A retrievers perfecting their agility skills like their fluffy futures depend on it.—
David Hochman,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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While the first two clips show Harmon has the strength to stuff the run inside, his lateral agility and quickness may be more impressive than his sheer power.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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The ultimate priority is creating agile teams which can continuously test and learn from personalized experiences and scale them effectively.—
Amit Ojha,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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There are two types of databases: relational, such as Amazon, Oracle and Sybase; and document, intended for agile and mobile-centric applications.—
Kenneth Squire,
CNBC,
17 May 2025
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“Spry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spry. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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