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spry

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  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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