spryadj.adv.

Brit.

/sprʌɪ/, U.S.

/spraɪ/

Forms: Also dialect1700s sprey, 1800s sprae, Scottish spree.

Etymology: Of obscure origin. Current in English dialects, but more familiar as an Americanism.

a. Active, nimble, smart, brisk; full of health and spirits.English and Scottish dialect instances are given under (a) and (c).

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > bodily movement > [adjective] > qualities of bodily movement > agile or nimble

lightOE

quiverOE

yepec1275

taitc1300

yap13..

delivera1375

swippera1387

wight1390

nimblea1400

yarea1400

yerna1400

smitherc1475

leger1483

agilea1500

liver1530

lightsome1567

wimble1579

nimble jointed1591

nimble shifting1591

agilious1599

nimbling1599

nimble spirited1611

expedite1612

fitchanta1616

airy1642

fantastic1645

volant1650

clever1691

light-limbed1695

spry1746

swack1768

swank1786

yauld1787

deliverly1820

slippy1847

nippy1849

springe1859

pantherish1869

pantherine1890

flippant1895

loose1907

Tarzanesque1933

Tarzan-like1943

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > brisk or active

sprindeOE

whata1000

braga1350

prestc1390

yarea1400

stirringc1400

startingc1440

actious1441

actuala1470

activea1522

queemc1540

skeetc1540

lively1567

alive-like1582

pragmatical1590

spruce1590

agilious1599

brisk1599

sprightly?c1599

brisky1600

alives-like1601

alacrious1602

smart1602

eyebright1603

whisking1611

deedy1615

vibrant1616

sprunt1631

perking1653

alert1654

exilient1654

alacrative1657

eveillé1676

budge1691

jaunty1705

spry1746

sprack1747

alive1748

high-geared1795

rash1805

spicy1828

live1830

deedful1834

yary1855

sprucy1858

alacritous1859

sprackish1882

brash1884

up-and-coming1889

up and doing1901

loose1907

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed1936

buzzy1978

(a)

1746 Exmoor Courtship 30 A comely sprey vitty Vella vor enny keendest Theng.

1746 Exmoor Courtship 30 There's net a spryer Vella in Challacomb.

1825 J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 72 Spry, nimble, active.

1844 W. Barnes Poems Rural Life in Dorset Dial. 48 Jump'd to zee who wer the spryest.

1866 Gilbert Rugge I. ii. 31 She's one o' them sort who's down one day and up and spry the next.

1870 F. P. Verney Lettice Lisle xx. 220 He's so lusty and so spry he may give 'em all the slip.

(b)1789 Maryland Jrnl. 10 Mar. [The snakes] were not so spry as in summer season, so none escaped being killed.1815 Massachusetts Spy 28 June Pray be spry, sir, said I, for there's no knowing what my wife may do.1834 C. A. Davis Lett. J. Downing, Major ii. 19 ‘And now,’ says I, ‘all on you be spry, and don't stop stirrin till the pudden's done’.1869 C. H. Spurgeon John Ploughman's Talk 14 If some of the members..were a little more spry with their arms and legs when they are at labour.1888 R. Buchanan Heir of Linne xiii I'll have to be pretty spry, or they'll begin to discuss me.(c)1837 R. Nicoll Poems (1843) 164 I once was loved,—I loved again The spreest lad in a' our glen.1892 J. Lumsden Sheep-head & Trotters 76 The wagtail, sae spree, In the golden evenings here shall linger.

b. Alert, clever.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [adjective]

sharpc888

yepec1000

spacka1200

yare-witelc1275

fellc1300

yap13..

seeinga1382

far-castinga1387

sightya1400

perceivinga1425

snellc1425

politic?a1439

quickc1449

pregnant?a1475

pert1484

quick-wittedc1525

apt1535

intelligentc1540

queemc1540

ready-witted1576

political1577

of (a) great, deep, etc., reach1579

conceited1583

perspicuous1584

sharp-witteda1586

shrewd1589

inseeing1590

conceived1596

acute1598

pregnate1598

agile1599

nimble-headed1601

insighted1602

nimble1604

nimble-witted1604

penetrant1605

penetrating1606

spraga1616

acuminous1619

discoursing1625

smart1639

penetrativea1641

sagacious1650

nasute1653

acuminate1654

blunt-sharpa1661

long-headed1665

smoky1688

rapid1693

keen1704

gash1706

snack1710

cute1731

mobile1778

wide awake1785

acuminated1786

quick-minded1789

kicky1790

snap1790

downy1803

snacky1806

unbaffleable1827

varmint1829

needle-sharp1836

nimble-brained1836

incisivea1850

spry1849

fast1850

snappy1871

hard-boiled1884

on the spot1903

1849 G. Cupples Green Hand v, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 443/1 And says Job Price,..‘You're too cust spry for playin' jokes on, I calc'late, squire,’ he says.

2. dialect. Spruce, neat, smartly dressed.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > neat or trim

netc1330

pertc1330

cleanc1386

nicec1400

picked?c1425

dapperc1440

feata1471

gim1513

trig1513

well-trimmedc1513

trick1533

smirk1534

tricksy1552

neat1559

netty1573

deft1579

primpc1590

briska1593

smug1598

spruce1598

sprink1602

terse1602

compt1632

nitle1673

sprig1675

snod1691

tight1697

smugged1706

snug1714

pensy1718

fitty1746

jemmy1751

sprucy1774

smartc1778

natty1785

spry1806

perjink1808

soigné1821

nutty1823

toiletted1823

taut1829

spick and span1846

spicy1846

groomed1853

spiffy1853

well-groomed1865

bandboxy1870

perjinkity1880

spick-span1888

bandbox1916

tiddly1925

whip-smart1937

spit and polish1950

spit-and-polished1977

1806 A. Douglas Poems 144 Syne hame they gang..To busk themsels fu' trig and spree; For raggit they're an' dirty.

1854– in dialect glossaries.

3. As adv. Nimbly, actively.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > bodily movement > [adverb] > agilely or nimbly

lighteOE

lightly?a1200

wightlyc1330

deliverlya1375

swipperly?a1400

wakerly?a1400

wighta1400

yaplya1400

featlyc1400

nimblyc1450

lightsomely1561

nimble1568

wimbly1594

yarelya1616

yare1622

featilya1640

agilely1663

cleverly1686

spry1855

lissomely1902

spryly1905

cattishly1913

1855 T. C. Haliburton Nature & Human Nature I. vii. 227 They call us shakers, from shaking our feet so spry.

Derivatives

ˈspryly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > bodily movement > [adverb] > agilely or nimbly

lighteOE

lightly?a1200

wightlyc1330

deliverlya1375

swipperly?a1400

wakerly?a1400

wighta1400

yaplya1400

featlyc1400

nimblyc1450

lightsomely1561

nimble1568

wimbly1594

yarelya1616

yare1622

featilya1640

agilely1663

cleverly1686

spry1855

lissomely1902

spryly1905

cattishly1913

1905 M. E. Freeman Debtor 417 Then she hopped off as spryly as a sparrow.

ˈspryness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > bodily movement > [noun] > qualities of bodily movement > agility or nimbleness

lightnessc1350

delivernessa1382

sleightc1385

deliverancec1410

agility?a1475

deliverhead1493

nimblenessa1500

quiverness?1548

delivery1590

legerity1590

nimbless1596

levity1607

agileness1653

airiness1731

spryness1865

nippiness1916

1865 Reader No. 145. 393/2 A spryness of legs quite remarkable.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

spryv.

Brit.

/sprʌɪ/, U.S.

/spraɪ/

Etymology: < spry adj. and adv.

rare.

1. transitive. To smarten up.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautify (the person) [verb (transitive)]

highta1200

atiffe?c1225

tiff?c1225

wyndre?a1366

kembc1386

picka1393

prunec1395

tifta1400

varnishc1405

finea1425

tifflea1425

quaint1484

embuda1529

trick?1532

trick1545

dill1548

tricka1555

prink1573

smug1588

sponge1588

smudge1589

perk1590

primpc1590

sponge1592

tricksy1598

prime1616

sprug1622

briska1625

to sleek upa1625

trickify1678

prim1688

titivate1705

dandify1823

beflounce1824

befop1866

spry1878

lustrify1886

dude1899

doll1916

tart1938

youthify1945

pansy1946

spiv1947

dolly1958

zhuzh1970

1878 S. Smiles Jerdan Ess. & Lyrics 199 Robbie Bell, spried up and clean Wi' weel-spun hose and buckled shoon.

2. intransitive. To bustle or stir.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > act or do vigorously [verb (intransitive)] > be brisk or active > bustle

buskle1545

bustle1548

buffle1610

buzz1638

fettle1745

fluster1808

spufflea1825

fly (a)round1833

scrimmage1833

to come mumbudgeting1872

whew1873

spry1885

1885 Harper's Mag. Apr. 707/2 She'll get over it, and be spryin' around to marry again.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	spry
释义	spryn. Etymology: Special use of spry spray n.¹ Kentish dialect. A flat broom made of birch twigs. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > brushing or sweeping > [noun] > brush or broom besomc1000 bast broom1357 brush1377 broom14.. sweepc1475 duster1575 bristle brush1601 broom-besom1693 flag-broom1697 stock-brush1700 whisk1745 birch-broom1747 hair-broom1753 spry1796 corn-broomc1810 pope's head1824 whisker1825 sweeping-brusha1828 swish1844 spoke-brush1851 whisk broom1857 Turk's head1859 wisp1875 tube-brush1877 bass-broom?1881 crumb-brush1884 dusting-brush1907 palmetto brush1913 suede brush1915 swale1949 1796 J. Boys Gen. View Agric. Kent (new ed.) 84 Wheat..is universally in Kent, cleaned with a casting-shovel, and flat broom, called a spry. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2018). spryadj.adv. Brit. /sprʌɪ/, U.S. /spraɪ/ Forms: Also dialect1700s sprey, 1800s sprae, Scottish spree. Etymology: Of obscure origin. Current in English dialects, but more familiar as an Americanism. 1. a. Active, nimble, smart, brisk; full of health and spirits.English and Scottish dialect instances are given under (a) and (c). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > bodily movement > [adjective] > qualities of bodily movement > agile or nimble lightOE quiverOE yepec1275 taitc1300 yap13.. delivera1375 swippera1387 wight1390 nimblea1400 yarea1400 yerna1400 smitherc1475 leger1483 agilea1500 liver1530 lightsome1567 wimble1579 nimble jointed1591 nimble shifting1591 agilious1599 nimbling1599 nimble spirited1611 expedite1612 fitchanta1616 airy1642 fantastic1645 volant1650 clever1691 light-limbed1695 spry1746 swack1768 swank1786 yauld1787 deliverly1820 slippy1847 nippy1849 springe1859 pantherish1869 pantherine1890 flippant1895 loose1907 Tarzanesque1933 Tarzan-like1943 the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > brisk or active sprindeOE whata1000 braga1350 prestc1390 yarea1400 stirringc1400 startingc1440 actious1441 actuala1470 activea1522 queemc1540 skeetc1540 lively1567 alive-like1582 pragmatical1590 spruce1590 agilious1599 brisk1599 sprightly?c1599 brisky1600 alives-like1601 alacrious1602 smart1602 eyebright1603 whisking1611 deedy1615 vibrant1616 sprunt1631 perking1653 alert1654 exilient1654 alacrative1657 eveillé1676 budge1691 jaunty1705 spry1746 sprack1747 alive1748 high-geared1795 rash1805 spicy1828 live1830 deedful1834 yary1855 sprucy1858 alacritous1859 sprackish1882 brash1884 up-and-coming1889 up and doing1901 loose1907 bright-eyed and bushy-tailed1936 buzzy1978 (a) 1746 Exmoor Courtship 30 A comely sprey vitty Vella vor enny keendest Theng. 1746 Exmoor Courtship 30 There's net a spryer Vella in Challacomb. 1825 J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 72 Spry, nimble, active. 1844 W. Barnes Poems Rural Life in Dorset Dial. 48 Jump'd to zee who wer the spryest. 1866 Gilbert Rugge I. ii. 31 She's one o' them sort who's down one day and up and spry the next. 1870 F. P. Verney Lettice Lisle xx. 220 He's so lusty and so spry he may give 'em all the slip. (b)1789 Maryland Jrnl. 10 Mar. [The snakes] were not so spry as in summer season, so none escaped being killed.1815 Massachusetts Spy 28 June Pray be spry, sir, said I, for there's no knowing what my wife may do.1834 C. A. Davis Lett. J. Downing, Major ii. 19 ‘And now,’ says I, ‘all on you be spry, and don't stop stirrin till the pudden's done’.1869 C. H. Spurgeon John Ploughman's Talk 14 If some of the members..were a little more spry with their arms and legs when they are at labour.1888 R. Buchanan Heir of Linne xiii I'll have to be pretty spry, or they'll begin to discuss me.(c)1837 R. Nicoll Poems (1843) 164 I once was loved,—I loved again The spreest lad in a' our glen.1892 J. Lumsden Sheep-head & Trotters 76 The wagtail, sae spree, In the golden evenings here shall linger. b. Alert, clever. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [adjective] sharpc888 yepec1000 spacka1200 yare-witelc1275 fellc1300 yap13.. seeinga1382 far-castinga1387 sightya1400 perceivinga1425 snellc1425 politic?a1439 quickc1449 pregnant?a1475 pert1484 quick-wittedc1525 apt1535 intelligentc1540 queemc1540 ready-witted1576 political1577 of (a) great, deep, etc., reach1579 conceited1583 perspicuous1584 sharp-witteda1586 shrewd1589 inseeing1590 conceived1596 acute1598 pregnate1598 agile1599 nimble-headed1601 insighted1602 nimble1604 nimble-witted1604 penetrant1605 penetrating1606 spraga1616 acuminous1619 discoursing1625 smart1639 penetrativea1641 sagacious1650 nasute1653 acuminate1654 blunt-sharpa1661 long-headed1665 smoky1688 rapid1693 keen1704 gash1706 snack1710 cute1731 mobile1778 wide awake1785 acuminated1786 quick-minded1789 kicky1790 snap1790 downy1803 snacky1806 unbaffleable1827 varmint1829 needle-sharp1836 nimble-brained1836 incisivea1850 spry1849 fast1850 snappy1871 hard-boiled1884 on the spot1903 1849 G. Cupples Green Hand v, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 443/1 And says Job Price,..‘You're too cust spry for playin' jokes on, I calc'late, squire,’ he says. 2. dialect. Spruce, neat, smartly dressed. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > neat or trim netc1330 pertc1330 cleanc1386 nicec1400 picked?c1425 dapperc1440 feata1471 gim1513 trig1513 well-trimmedc1513 trick1533 smirk1534 tricksy1552 neat1559 netty1573 deft1579 primpc1590 briska1593 smug1598 spruce1598 sprink1602 terse1602 compt1632 nitle1673 sprig1675 snod1691 tight1697 smugged1706 snug1714 pensy1718 fitty1746 jemmy1751 sprucy1774 smartc1778 natty1785 spry1806 perjink1808 soigné1821 nutty1823 toiletted1823 taut1829 spick and span1846 spicy1846 groomed1853 spiffy1853 well-groomed1865 bandboxy1870 perjinkity1880 spick-span1888 bandbox1916 tiddly1925 whip-smart1937 spit and polish1950 spit-and-polished1977 1806 A. Douglas Poems 144 Syne hame they gang..To busk themsels fu' trig and spree; For raggit they're an' dirty. 1854– in dialect glossaries. 3. As adv. Nimbly, actively. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > bodily movement > [adverb] > agilely or nimbly lighteOE lightly?a1200 wightlyc1330 deliverlya1375 swipperly?a1400 wakerly?a1400 wighta1400 yaplya1400 featlyc1400 nimblyc1450 lightsomely1561 nimble1568 wimbly1594 yarelya1616 yare1622 featilya1640 agilely1663 cleverly1686 spry1855 lissomely1902 spryly1905 cattishly1913 1855 T. C. Haliburton Nature & Human Nature I. vii. 227 They call us shakers, from shaking our feet so spry. Derivatives ˈspryly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > bodily movement > [adverb] > agilely or nimbly lighteOE lightly?a1200 wightlyc1330 deliverlya1375 swipperly?a1400 wakerly?a1400 wighta1400 yaplya1400 featlyc1400 nimblyc1450 lightsomely1561 nimble1568 wimbly1594 yarelya1616 yare1622 featilya1640 agilely1663 cleverly1686 spry1855 lissomely1902 spryly1905 cattishly1913 1905 M. E. Freeman Debtor 417 Then she hopped off as spryly as a sparrow. ˈspryness n. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > bodily movement > [noun] > qualities of bodily movement > agility or nimbleness lightnessc1350 delivernessa1382 sleightc1385 deliverancec1410 agility?a1475 deliverhead1493 nimblenessa1500 quiverness?1548 delivery1590 legerity1590 nimbless1596 levity1607 agileness1653 airiness1731 spryness1865 nippiness1916 1865 Reader No. 145. 393/2 A spryness of legs quite remarkable. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). spryv. Brit. /sprʌɪ/, U.S. /spraɪ/ Etymology: < spry adj. and adv. rare. 1. transitive. To smarten up. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautify (the person) [verb (transitive)] highta1200 atiffe?c1225 tiff?c1225 wyndre?a1366 kembc1386 picka1393 prunec1395 tifta1400 varnishc1405 finea1425 tifflea1425 quaint1484 embuda1529 trick?1532 trick1545 dill1548 tricka1555 prink1573 smug1588 sponge1588 smudge1589 perk1590 primpc1590 sponge1592 tricksy1598 prime1616 sprug1622 briska1625 to sleek upa1625 trickify1678 prim1688 titivate1705 dandify1823 beflounce1824 befop1866 spry1878 lustrify1886 dude1899 doll1916 tart1938 youthify1945 pansy1946 spiv1947 dolly1958 zhuzh1970 1878 S. Smiles Jerdan Ess. & Lyrics 199 Robbie Bell, spried up and clean Wi' weel-spun hose and buckled shoon. 2. intransitive. To bustle or stir. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > act or do vigorously [verb (intransitive)] > be brisk or active > bustle buskle1545 bustle1548 buffle1610 buzz1638 fettle1745 fluster1808 spufflea1825 fly (a)round1833 scrimmage1833 to come mumbudgeting1872 whew1873 spry1885 1885 Harper's Mag. Apr. 707/2 She'll get over it, and be spryin' around to marry again. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1796adj.adv.1746v.1878
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spryn.

spryadj.adv.

Derivatives

spryv.