Antonyms for spry

Grammar : Adj

Spell : sprahy

Phonetic Transcription : spraɪ

Definition of spry

Origin : 1746, dialectal, perhaps a shortening and alteration of sprightly, or from a Scandinavian source (cf. Old Norse sprækr, dialectal Swedish sprygg "brisk, active"), from Proto-Germanic *sprek-, from PIE *(s)preg- "to jerk, scatter" (see sparse).

adj active, vivacious

Example sentences :

He was old and snowy haired, but as fresh as a daisy and as spry as a cricket.
Extract from : « Sure Pop and the Safety Scouts » by Roy Rutherford Bailey

We have to be spry about these things if we ever intend to get wedded at all.
Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay

Little Thunder was too spry to be caught by even a pursuing bullet.
Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham

He's that spry and full of jokes and he's gettin' right spoony.
Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes

I finds him walkin' around the grounds as spry as a two-year-old.
Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford

You'll find old Jim spry an' chipper, awaitin' you with a smile on his face.
Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service

He got chased by the British ships pretty consid'able, but he was too spry for 'em.
Extract from : « Oldtown Fireside Stories » by Harriet Beecher Stowe

But Shaw would be of this kind, flopping and spry to mix you up.
Extract from : « Journeys to Bagdad » by Charles S. Brooks

Though she was bent almost double, she was as spry as a gopher.
Extract from : « O Pioneers! » by Willa Cather

You must have had a good sleep last night, you are so bright and spry this morning.
Extract from : « The Right Knock » by Helen Van-Anderson

Synonyms for spry

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