spry

(sprī)
adj., spri·er (sprī'ər), or spry·er, spri·est (sprī'ĭst), or spry·est.
Lively, active, and brisk; vigorous.

[Perhaps of Scandinavian origin, akin to Swedish dialectal sprygg, brisk.]

spryly spry'ly adv.
spryness spry'ness n.

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The inflected forms and derivatives are spryer, spryest; spryly, spryness.

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An application framework from Adobe for building rich Internet applications using HTML. Spry takes the tedium out of writing AJAX code and also includes routines for creating animation effects and building widgets. For more information, visit http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/spry. See AJAX and RIA.

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adjective

1. Moving or performing quickly, lightly, and easily: agile, brisk, facile, nimble, quick. See ability/inability.
2. Disposed to action: active, brisk, driving, dynamic, dynamical, energetic, enterprising, lively, peppy, sprightly, vigorous, zippy. Informal snappy. See action/inaction.

adj

Definition: active, vivacious
Antonyms: inactive, lethargic, old, unaware, unenergetic

IN BRIEF: Nimble.

You must exercise and stay active to remain spry in your later years.

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• Healthy, fit, bright, or strong
• Active, Lively, Awake, or Limber

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - livlig, rask

Nederlands (Dutch)
vief

Français (French)
adj. - alerte, gaillard

Deutsch (German)
adj. - rege

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ζωηρός, σβέλτος, σφριγηλός

Italiano (Italian)
arzillo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - esperto

Русский (Russian)
подвижный, проворный, бойкий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - vivo, activo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - rask, flink, hurtig, pigg, vaken

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
精神好的, 敏捷的, 活泼的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 精神好的, 敏捷的, 活潑的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 기운찬, 활발한, 민첩한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 元気な, 活発な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) متيقظ, متنبه, نشيط‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מלא-חיים, פעיל, קל-תנועה‬

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