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  • adjective superlative form of spry: most spry.

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Examples

  • Thisbe sent the spriest men out to gather wood and fill water jugs.

    Advance and Retreat Turtledove, Harry 2002

  • Your father was the spriest koind of a b'y, I'm told.

    The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys Gulielma Zollinger

  • "They say that you're a great jumper -- the spriest jumper in all Pleasant Valley."

    The Tale of Kiddie Katydid Arthur Scott Bailey 1913

  • We're getting a little bit of spriest-specific love here in the form of new art, and it feels good.

    WoW.com Fox Van Allen 2010

  • We're getting a little bit of spriest-specific love here in the form of new art, and it feels good.

    WoW.com Fox Van Allen 2010

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