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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spry \Spry\, a. [Compar. {Sprier} or {Spryer}; 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.]
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
spry
adj : 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}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
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)
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