\Spry\, a. [Compar. {Sprier} or {Spryer}; superl. {Spriest}
or {Spryest}.] [Cf. dial. Sw. sprygg lively, skittish, and E.
sprag.]
Having great power of leaping or running; nimble; active.
[U.S. & Local Eng.]
      She is as spry as a cricket.             --S. Judd
                                               (Margaret).
      If I'm not so large as you, You are not so small as I,
      And not half so spry.                    --Emerson.