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Meanings of as spry in English

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Usage of as spry in English
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And I am not as spry as I was ten years ago.
A Little Girl in Old Boston
2
No, Sir, Granny Fox isn't as spry as she used to be.
Old Granny Fox
3
But Hank Coombs was as spry as most men of half his age.
The Saddle Boys of the Rockies; Or, Lost on Thunder Mountain
4
Though she was bent almost double, she was as spry as a gopher.
O Pioneers!
5
No, she's as spry as a cat, and she's seventy odd.
Further Adventures of Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason Corner Folks
6
But spry as she is, she isn't as spry as she used to be.
Old Granny Fox
7
And I'm not as spry as I used to be, after ten o'clock or so.
Proven guilty
8
And still the goose didn't act as spry or feel as good as the gander.
Laddie: A True Blue Story
9
Granma Wandon was as spry as a yearling calf.
Tramping on Life / An Autobiographical Narrative
10
Thank goodness, I can kick as spry as ever.
The Camp in the Snow; Or, Besieged by Danger
11
I ain't as spry as I used to be.
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)
12
I ain't as spry as I use ter be, an' ye done me a favor.
Janice Day at Poketown
13
He isn't as spry as he used to be.
Mother West Wind "How" Stories
14
Yes, he's just as spry and pert as anybody.
The Red Acorn
15
Why, you look as spry almost as ever.
The Baronet's Bride; Or, A Woman's Vengeance
16
I suppose you are responsible for his being, at his age, as spry as a boy.
Peck's Bad Boy with the Cowboys
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