spry
pronunciation
How to pronounce spry in British English:
UK [spraɪ]
How to pronounce spry in American English:
US [spraɪ]
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- Adjective:
- moving quickly and lightly
Word Origin
- spry (adj.)
- 1746, "active, nimble, vigorous, lively," dialectal, perhaps a shortening and alteration of sprightly [Barnhart], or from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse sprækr, dialectal Swedish sprygg "brisk, active"), from Proto-Germanic *sprek-, from PIE root *(s)preg- (2) "to jerk, scatter" (see sparse).
Example
- 1. He was very spry and well-dressed .
- 2. A spry old gentleman answered , they send us on bus tours !
- 3. A spry old gentleman answered , " they send us on bus tours ! "
- 4. Nayef is only 77 , and fairly spry .
- 5. He is very spry and well-dressed , more like a young society man than anything else , and very standoffish .