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- adjective
comparative form ofspry : morespry
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Examples
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"Yes siree, eighty-four, and spryer than most," he could hear the old man say.
Chapter XXII 2010
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But some of the country 's spryer cheerleader alums are showing off tricks that many schools no longer allow their current students to do.
Alumni Dust Off the Pom-Pons Hannah Karp 2010
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The novel emerged from the butcher shop much improved, spryer, leaner, more focused.
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And Old Hero reckoned that as the spring came on and he grew spryer, he'd have to get out and do a little snooping around himself.
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The novel emerged from the butcher shop much improved, spryer, leaner, more focused.
An Interview with Peter Straub (March, 2010) « The BookBanter Blog 2010
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BOSTON Going into the 2008 NBA Finals, it seemed the Los Angeles Lakers had all the advantages over the Boston Celtics: nine-time champion coach Phil Jackson, younger, spryer legs, a better bench and the man everybody loves to call "the best player on the planet," Kobe Bryant.
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Old Toad is even spryer than before his accident, hopping along the road like it belonged to him.
Jay's Journal Dr. Beatrice Sparks 2010
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There are stories of his spryer days in Athens when, during a dinner disagreement, Alan got under the table and continued the argument loudly from that vantage.
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But HMOs also benefit from the fact that it is mostly the younger, spryer seniors who join voluntarily, and their care costs far less than the average fees Medicare pays.
The New Fine Print 2008
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He felt younger, spryer than he had done these many years.
Flush: a biography 2004
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