Category:Spry

Spry, a. [compar. Sprier or spryer (superl. Spriest or spryest.] Etym: [cf. dial. Sw. sprygg lively, skittish, and e. sprag.]

Defn: 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.