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Even with a spryly playful new book, “Chess” is a complicated musical to figure out.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

“I’m someone who leaps into things,” he says, and it’s easy to believe him: Wiry and lean, the architect balances spryly on a porcelain stool.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2018

Then there’s his trumpet playing, which he still does spryly at the age of 82, with its dusty allure intact.

From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2017

But it's nevertheless an exhilarating ride, spryly performed by a cast of 12 and confidently coordinated with multimedia elements, including film, Twitter and a fair amount of texting between characters.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2015

She hoisted herself spryly into the back, then suddenly broke into happy laughter.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols