Spry Definition

sprī
sprier, spriest, spryer, spryest
adjective
sprier, spriest
Lively, active, and brisk; vigorous.
American Heritage
Full of life; active, nimble, brisk, etc., esp. though elderly.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Spry

Adjective

Base Form:
spry
Comparative:
sprier
Superlative:
spriest

Origin of Spry

  • From British dialectal sprey, from Old Norse sprækr (“nimble, lively") from Proto-Germanic *sprÄ“kiz (“lively"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pereg- (“to strew, jerk, sprinkle, scatter"). Cognate with Icelandic sprækur (“lively, spry"), Swedish dialectal sprygg (“brisk, very active, skittish"). More at spark. Related to sprack, sprig, sprug, freckle.

    From Wiktionary

  • Perhaps of Scandinavian origin Swedish dialectal sprygg brisk

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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