spry
adjective
active; nimble; agile; energetic; brisk.
spryness
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a word derived from
spry.
Example Sentences
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And yet the play sustains a spryness of tone.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2022
Morton brings a refreshing comic spryness to Lear, playing him not as a doddering old man but as a vivacious, scampering jokester who expects to be treated as the life of the party.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2022
Sadly, much of Roks’ spryness on the course did, though, as he crept into his mid-40s and his golf game deteriorated.
From Golf Digest ● Dec. 24, 2019
The slugger then got a standing ovation when he legged out a double in the fifth, sliding into second base with seldom-seen spryness.
From Washington Times ● May 3, 2018
And with that he put his fishing pole over his shoulder and prepared to leave—a tall, strong-looking old man with long legs and knotty wrists, who moved across the deck with surprising spryness.
From The Cruise of the Jasper B. by Don Marquis
