Spry Definition

sprī
sprier, spriest, spryer, spryest
adjective
sprier, spriest
Lively, active, and brisk; vigorous.
American Heritage
Full of life; active, nimble, brisk, etc., esp. though elderly.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Spry

Adjective

Base Form:
spry
Comparative:
sprier
Superlative:
spriest

Origin of Spry

  • From British dialectal sprey, from Old Norse sprækr (“nimble, lively") from Proto-Germanic *sprÄ“kiz (“lively"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pereg- (“to strew, jerk, sprinkle, scatter"). Cognate with Icelandic sprækur (“lively, spry"), Swedish dialectal sprygg (“brisk, very active, skittish"). More at spark. Related to sprack, sprig, sprug, freckle.

    From Wiktionary

  • Perhaps of Scandinavian origin Swedish dialectal sprygg brisk

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Spry Sentence Examples

  • Choose a kitten that is playful, curious and spry.

  • His clothing was pressed and his appearance spry despite his almost sixty years.

  • He was remarkably spry, healthy for his age, and had broken the hearts of half the widows in Parkside.

  • As nimble and spry as I am, it's hardly a challenge to venture closer and enter the chateau undetected.

  • At the Boxing night disco I 'm telling you no lie, I 've never seen a gathering that looked so spry.

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