spry

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
spry
    adj 1: moving quickly and lightly; "sleek and agile as a
           gymnast"; "as nimble as a deer"; "nimble fingers"; "quick
           of foot"; "the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the
           stairs before we could stop it" [syn: {agile}, {nimble},
           {quick}, {spry}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Spry \Spry\ (spr[imac]), a. [Compar. {Sprier} or {Spryer}
   (-[~e]r); superl. {Spriest} or {Spryest}.] [Cf. dial. Sw.
   sprygg lively, skittish, and E. sprag.]
   Having great power of leaping or running; nimble; active.
   [U.S. & Local Eng.]
   [1913 Webster]

         She is as spry as a cricket.             --S. Judd
                                                  (Margaret).
   [1913 Webster]

         If I'm not so large as you,
         You are not so small as I,
         And not half so spry.                    --Emerson.
   [1913 Webster]
from U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Spry, PA (CDP, FIPS 73528)
  Location: 39.91250 N, 76.68753 W
  Population (1990): 4271 (1905 housing units)
  Area: 6.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
from U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Spry, PA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Pennsylvania
   Population (2000):    4903
   Housing Units (2000): 2204
   Land area (2000):     2.576827 sq. miles (6.673952 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    2.576827 sq. miles (6.673952 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            73528
   Located within:       Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
   Location:             39.912566 N, 76.687216 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Spry, PA
    Spry
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
61 Moby Thesaurus words for "spry":
      active, activist, activistic, agile, alacritous, alive, animated,
      bouncing, bouncy, breezy, brisk, bubbly, chipper, dispatchful,
      ebullient, effervescent, energetic, expeditious, featly, fleet,
      frisky, full of go, full of life, full of pep, graceful, healthy,
      light, light-footed, live, lively, mercurial, militant,
      neat-fingered, neat-handed, nimble, nimble-footed, peart, peppy,
      perky, pert, prompt, quick, quicksilver, ready, robust, sharp,
      smacking, smart, snappy, sound, spanking, speedy, spirited,
      sprightly, sure-footed, swift, vigorous, vivacious, volant, zingy,
      zippy
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