Spryly

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a spry manner.

    "But now an express had rolled up and the old man was disappearing quite spryly inside one of its doors."

Synonyms

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ablycompetentlydeftlyefficientlyexpeditiouslyexpertly

Example

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"But now an express had rolled up and the old man was disappearing quite spryly inside one of its doors."

Etymology

From spry + -ly.

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