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English Dictionary: Spry by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spry
adj
  1. 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"
    Synonym(s): agile, nimble, quick, spry
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 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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