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.
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She is as spry as a cricket. --S. Judd
(Margaret).
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If I'm not so large as you,
You are not so small as I,
And not half so spry. --Emerson.
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