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spry

(spr

) KEY

ADJECTIVE:
spri·er (spr

r) KEY or spry·er, spri·est (spr

st) KEY or spry·est

Lively, active, and brisk; vigorous.

ETYMOLOGY:
Perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish dialectal sprygg, brisk

OTHER FORMS:
spryly(Adverb), spryness(Noun)

Thesaurus: synonyms for spry

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