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Webster 1913 Edition

Spry

Spry

(sprī)
,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Sprier
or
Spryer
(-ẽr)
;
sup
erl.
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.]
She is as
spry
as a cricket.
S. Judd (Margaret).
If I’m not so large as you,
You are not so small as I,
And not half so
spry
.
Emerson.

Webster 1828 Edition

Spry

SPRY

,
Adj.
Having great power of leaping or running; nimble; active; vigorous. [This word is in common use in New England, and is doubtless a contraction of sprig. See Sprightly.]

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