as in graceful
moving easily
an older woman who's still surprisingly spry
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Recent Examples of spry
The 76-year-old King notably offers up some spry elderly heroes, too.
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Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024
Judging by the sporting photos on his campaign website, Kennedy would like to be seen as the virile, athletic and spry choice for the White House.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
Hank, as Kahn calls him, was spry and agile even in his last decade.
—Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2024
At one point, Aang runs into Bumi (Utkarsh Ambudkar, under a lot of old age makeup), a boyhood friend who is somehow still alive (and reasonably spry) 10 decades later.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2024
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Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024
Judging by the sporting photos on his campaign website, Kennedy would like to be seen as the virile, athletic and spry choice for the White House.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
Hank, as Kahn calls him, was spry and agile even in his last decade.
—Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2024
At one point, Aang runs into Bumi (Utkarsh Ambudkar, under a lot of old age makeup), a boyhood friend who is somehow still alive (and reasonably spry) 10 decades later.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spry
Adjective
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As with most new pursuits, our learning curve was steep and our movements the antithesis of graceful.—
Tim Chester,
AFAR Media,
16 Apr. 2025
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Coastal live oaks stretched their long branches into a graceful embrace.—
Francine Kiefer,
Christian Science Monitor,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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By staying ahead of these challenges and embracing new security strategies, businesses can ensure their networks are secure today and—at the same time—are agile enough to handle whatever the future may hold.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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This centralized and hierarchical decision-making is incompatible with the desire for speed and a rapid trial-and-error approach, called agile development, as is practiced in Silicon Valley.—
MICHAEL BROWN,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Spry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spry. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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