Mrs. Klein is already in her eighties, but she's still very spry.
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Spry
//spɹaɪ//
Synonyms for "spry" (79 found)
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Closest matches (16)
Strong matches (24)
Related words (39)
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Translations
18 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- енергичен adj (nimble, active)
- чевръст adj (nimble, active)
Czech
2 entries- čilý adj (nimble, active)
- čiperný adj (nimble, active)
Dutch
1 entries- kwiek adj (nimble, active)
French
4 entries- actif adj (nimble, active)
- alerte adj (nimble, active)
- vif adj (nimble, active)
- vigilant adj (nimble, active)
German
2 entries- agil adj (nimble, active)
- beweglich adj (nimble, active)
Hungarian
1 entries- fürge adj (nimble, active)
Portuguese
3 entries- ativo adj (nimble, active)
- serelepe adj (nimble, active)
- ágil adj (nimble, active)
Russian
2 entries- бо́йкий adj (nimble, active)
- подви́жный adj (nimble, active)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- giobach adj (nimble, active)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Nothing keeps a man as spry as a young woman and old enemies.
Source: tatoeba (2582866)
Matthew is getting up in years, you know—he's sixty—and he isn't so spry as he once was.
Source: tatoeba (5824722)
Tom isn't as spry as he used to be.
Source: tatoeba (6976479)
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