Dictionary Entry
Having great power of leaping or running; nimble; active.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. spryold spryenough sprylittle spryyoung spryspry constancespry grahamspry still
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Poetry examples for “spry”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Arthur Spry. — A Commissioner of Prizes,
and a private pensioner.
Read full poem →Or, on a moonless night,
To tinge, on siren shores, the salt sea-spry?
Read full poem →You are not so small as I,
And not half so spry.
I'll not deny you make
Read full poem →Claytor John P Mrs Harwd Md West River-48-W
Claytor Spry 0 Capt DC