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Meanings of pretty spry in English

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Usage of pretty spry in English
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I was pretty spry at it, and knew I should be all right.
Adventures in Many Lands
2
Postal Telegraph Cable Co. Mr. S. thinks the Postal People are pretty spry.
The new yorker
3
We'll have to be pretty spry, or he'll have some of this patch.
Tropic Days
4
I expect, I tell you, we shall have to be pretty spry this time.
With Wolfe in Canada: The Winning of a Continent
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But four days ago I managed to shave myself, and I am regarded as pretty spry.
The Letters of Franklin K. Lane, Personal and Political
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Yes, and after eating such a big Thanksgiving dinner, we've been pretty spry to accomplish all we have.
The Boy Scouts of the Flying Squadron
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The Telegraph says, With their cheeky scissor-kicks, Ladysmith Black Mambazo were pretty spry for a 60-year-old choral group.
The South African
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Ursula was become pretty spry, but the kitten was spryer, and she could not catch it, and had to give it up.
The Mysterious Stranger, and Other Stories
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But if you want to take a look at the property before it gets a wetting you'll have to be pretty spry.
Blindfolded
10
Bless your heart, my dear Olga, if you are even thinking of getting married to Fernandez, you'll have to be pretty spry about it.
West Wind Drift
11
Pretty spry for an old girl.
Casket of Souls
12
" Pretty spry for an old boy," remarked the postmaster as the carriage rolled away.
The Debtor: A Novel
13
"You are generally pretty spry in the morning."
In the Heart of the Rockies: A Story of Adventure in Colorado
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"He's lookin' pretty spry yet, ain't he, boys?"
The Soldier of the Valley
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"You seem pretty spry," he said.
Three Soldiers
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"You're pretty spry," said the farmer.
Driven from Home; Or, Carl Crawford's Experience
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United Kingdom
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