spryly

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adverb

In a spry manner.

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Meanings

adverbspryly (comparative more spryly, superlative most spryly)

comparative more spryly · superlative most spryly

  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.

    1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 579

Origin

From spry + -ly.

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Cite this entry
APA

spryly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spryly

MLA

“spryly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spryly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spryly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spryly.

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