spry Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite moving quickly and lightly
    quick; agile; nimble.
    • 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

WordNet

Spry adjective
Etymology
Cf. dial. Sw. sprygg lively, skittish, and E. sprag.
Wordforms
comparative Sprier or Spryer ; superlative Spriest or Spryest
Definitions
  1. 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 1913