Word "SPRY" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
moving quickly and lightly
Synonyms:
agile, nimble, quick
Examples:
the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it

Crossword Clues for SPRY

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Active secret agent crossing river (4) The Sun Two Speed 02 Apr 2026
Nimble USA Today 01 Apr 2026
Still lively and active The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 27 Mar 2026
Agile Eugene Sheffer 12 Mar 2026
Quick and agile Newsday 15 Feb 2026
Agile LA Times Daily 14 Jan 2026
Quick and nimble LA Times Daily 12 Jan 2026
Lively for one's age New York Times 10 Jan 2026
Agile Universal 03 Jan 2026
Quick and nimble LA Times Daily 24 Dec 2025
Nimble (4) The Guardian Quick 20 Dec 2025
Nimble and peppy Newsday 12 Dec 2025
Chipper LA Times Daily 02 Nov 2025
Nimble for one's age Universal 21 Oct 2025
Quick and nimble LA Times Daily 13 Oct 2025
Far from lumbering Newsday 11 Oct 2025
Nimble mole checking run The Times Cryptic 02 Oct 2025
Like someone still gardening at 93 USA Today 29 Sep 2025
Nimble Premier Sunday 28 Sep 2025
Nimble (4) The Guardian Quick 25 Sep 2025
Agile Newsday 23 Sep 2025
Surprisingly nimble Newsday 04 Sep 2025
Nimble The Telegraph Quick 03 Sep 2025
Moving well over 60, perhaps? New York Times 30 Aug 2025
Nimble Universal 30 Aug 2025
Nimble (4) The Guardian Quick 30 Jul 2025
Perky Newsday 24 Jul 2025
Nimble; brisk (4)
Active and brisk (4) Mirror Classic 12 Jul 2025
Agile secret agent embraces redhead (4)
Agile mole grabs otter's tail (4)
Energetic Newsday 19 Jun 2025
Nimble The Telegraph Quick 17 Jun 2025
Full of energy Wall Street Journal 14 Jun 2025
Energetic Newsday 07 Jun 2025
Nimble agent checks resistance The Telegraph Toughie 06 Jun 2025
Nimble mole coming round river (4)
Agile (especially when aged) (4) The Guardian Quick 20 May 2025
Active and agile The Telegraph Quick 07 May 2025
Quick on one's feet
Nimble Wall Street Journal 06 May 2025
Nimble and quick Family Time 05 May 2025
Agile for one's age USA Today 29 Apr 2025
Like good dancers and servers
Surprisingly agile Newsday 06 Apr 2025
Lively and agile The Times Concise 13 Mar 2025
Nimble Universal 09 Mar 2025
Nimble for one's age Wall Street Journal 06 Mar 2025
Active in one's later years (4) The Guardian Quick 25 Feb 2025
Energetic agent ensnares ringleader
Brisk light from 12? (4)
Extremely agile Family Time 16 Feb 2025
Nimble The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 12 Feb 2025
Agile LA Times Daily 12 Feb 2025
Agile Newsday 10 Feb 2025
Active and brisk Mirror Classic 04 Feb 2025
Nimble USA Today 27 Jan 2025
Still kickin'
Active agent hiding a ringleader (4)
Agile The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 12 Jan 2025
Lively pair in borders of Surrey (4)
Nimble Universal 09 Jan 2025
Active enemy agent covering resistance The Telegraph Cryptic 02 Jan 2025
Active and brisk (4) Mirror Classic 17 Dec 2024
Active and alert
Alert secret agent nabbing leader of rioters (4)
Nimble ace ejected from jet (4)
Lively The Sun Two Speed 24 Nov 2024
Quick mole devouring rook The Sun Two Speed 24 Nov 2024
Why a bookie has the right to be agile
Active and lively, especially when describing an older person (4)
Nimble Thomas Joseph 13 Nov 2024
Nimble (4) The Guardian Quick 12 Nov 2024
Being active, enemy agent captures head of ring (4)
Light on one's feet Universal 02 Nov 2024
Agent Mulder's back on board and perky The Telegraph Toughie 22 Oct 2024
Unexpectedly active
Agile New York Times 09 Oct 2024
Like Johanna Quaas, the oldest active competitive gymnast USA Today 09 Oct 2024
Agile republican takes look around (4)
Agile small ferret The Times Quick Cryptic 01 Oct 2024
Agile New York Times 01 Oct 2024
Nimble secret agent seen around the capital of Russia (4)
Nimble spy keeps right inside (4)
Agile agent gets right inside
Active agent found on banks of river (4)
Agile Universal 06 Sep 2024
Agile for one's age New York Times 02 Sep 2024
Agile The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 01 Sep 2024
Sprightly, but not unusually light (4)
Nimble agent gets right inside (4)
Surprisingly nimble Wall Street Journal 22 Aug 2024
Agile The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 13 Aug 2024
Active, especially of an elderly person (4) Puzzler 09 Aug 2024
Agile at age 92 Family Time 04 Aug 2024
Nimble The Times Sunday Concise 04 Aug 2024
Energetic for one's age Wall Street Journal 27 Jul 2024
Agile The Telegraph Quick 21 Jul 2024
Nimble agent pushes right in (4)
Nimble USA Today 13 Jul 2024
Young for one's age?
Agile (4) Puzzler 01 Jul 2024
Agile USA Today 30 Jun 2024
Active, brisk (4)
Sporty, out to get nimble (4)
Espionage agent takes in the right when active (4)
Lively spot outside Rwanda's capital
First schoolmaster to make searching questions is nimble (4)
Moving well for one's age USA Today 26 May 2024
Nimble The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 22 May 2024
Agile LA Times Daily 20 May 2024
Nimble LA Times Daily 17 May 2024
Agile USA Today 03 May 2024
Nimble USA Today 02 May 2024
Still nimble in old age
Agile LA Times Daily 11 Apr 2024
Agile Premier Sunday 07 Apr 2024
Agile Eugene Sheffer 01 Apr 2024
Nimble agent blocking resistance (4)
The traitor has the right to be nimble (4)
Light on one's feet Wall Street Journal 23 Mar 2024
Agile, nimble
Quite agile
Word that aptly surrounds "sprightly" Universal 02 Mar 2024
Active and brisk Mirror Classic 28 Feb 2024
Agile, nimble (4)
Light on one's feet LA Times Daily 26 Feb 2024
Energetic light-footed
Nimble Family Time 19 Feb 2024
Agile and nimble (4)
Agile Universal 29 Jan 2024
Active, nimble Puzzler Backwords 22 Jan 2024
Agile agent suppressing resistance
Society florist who helped design the flowers at Queen Elizabeth II's coronation and co-devised a now- famous chicken dish for a luncheon following said royal ceremony (4)
Light on one's feet Universal 02 Jan 2024
Agile spy capturing leader of rebellion (4)
Secret agent retaining the right to be active (4)
Not at all sluggish
Nimble USA Today 11 Dec 2023
Nimble for one's age Universal 10 Dec 2023
Society snoop becomes active (4)
Agile USA Today 03 Dec 2023
Constance ___ (born in December1886, and died in 1960) was, amongst many achievements, a famous British florist (4)
Nimble, as a nonagenarian New York Times 31 Oct 2023
Agile for one's age Universal 31 Oct 2023
Hardly doddery Wall Street Journal 28 Oct 2023
Quick and agile Newsday 24 Oct 2023
Energetic Newsday 19 Oct 2023
Quick and nimble LA Times Daily 08 Oct 2023
Like an 80-year-old jogger Universal 04 Oct 2023
Agile Eugene Sheffer 20 Sep 2023
Nimble The Times Concise 19 Sep 2023
Agile Universal 11 Sep 2023
Agile informer at last taken in by mole The Telegraph Toughie 16 Aug 2023
Surprisingly active Wall Street Journal 15 Aug 2023
Nimble LA Times Daily 11 Aug 2023
Brisk Newsday 22 Jul 2023
Fast on one's feet Newsday 22 Jun 2023
Quick and agile Newsday 19 Jun 2023
Nimble Premier Sunday 18 Jun 2023
Nimble Wall Street Journal 30 May 2023
Moving with ease LA Times Daily 21 May 2023
Agile LA Times Daily 13 May 2023
Good at tumbling Newsday 11 May 2023
Agile Eugene Sheffer 06 May 2023
Getting around easily New York Times 31 Mar 2023
Light on one's feet New York Times 28 Mar 2023
Quick and agile Newsday 22 Mar 2023
Sprightly The Telegraph Quick 11 Mar 2023
Nimble The Telegraph Quick 06 Mar 2023
Agile Eugene Sheffer 15 Feb 2023
Nimble New York Times 08 Feb 2023
Agile Eugene Sheffer 20 Dec 2022
Agile, though old
Lively spot across river The Telegraph Cryptic 02 Nov 2022
Light on one's feet
Nimble USA Today 29 Oct 2022
Agile Eugene Sheffer 27 Oct 2022
Limber USA Today 04 Oct 2022
Sprightly The Guardian Speedy 11 Sep 2022
Nimble Thomas Joseph 17 Aug 2022
Lively and active USA Today 16 Aug 2022
Light-footed LA Times Daily 29 Jul 2022
Agile, sprightly The Times Concise 21 Jul 2022
Active (for one's age?) The Guardian Quick 21 Jul 2022
Agile USA Today 15 Jul 2022
Agile The Telegraph Quick 19 Jun 2022
Light and agile on one's feet Family Time 12 Jun 2022
Nimble LA Times Daily 17 May 2022
Nimble
Agile Newsday 26 Apr 2022
Synonym of 3-Down USA Today 24 Apr 2022
Nimble USA Today 23 Apr 2022
Agile Eugene Sheffer 06 Apr 2022
Nimble Newsday 28 Mar 2022
Agile USA Today 13 Mar 2022
Still active (for a pensioner?) The Guardian Quick 05 Mar 2022
Light on one's feet
Agile Eugene Sheffer 17 Jan 2022
Lissome LA Times Daily 08 Jan 2022
Moving well for one’s age New York Times 05 Jan 2022
Agile Universal 04 Jan 2022
Light on one's feet
Light on one's feet
Agile The Telegraph Quick 18 Nov 2021
Nimble USA Today 03 Nov 2021
Nimble and quick to zigzag Family Time 18 Oct 2021
Nimble Newsday 13 Oct 2021
Agile Thomas Joseph 08 Oct 2021
Active agent provocateur finally nabbed
Agile Eugene Sheffer 27 Sep 2021
Lively, nimble The Times Concise 27 Sep 2021
Old lively type of plant protects end of tuber
Lively ferret about to go under front of sofa
Agile LA Times Daily 11 Aug 2021
Agile
Agile Eugene Sheffer 04 Aug 2021
Agile captains of sailors plying risky yachts
Quick and agile Newsday 26 Jul 2021
Light-footed LA Times Daily 16 Jul 2021
Light-footed
Quick and agile Newsday 14 Jul 2021
Look to accommodate Romeo — pretty active for an old guy
Nimble
Nimble LA Times Daily 09 Jul 2021
Spoke, being agile
Light on one’s feet Wall Street Journal 28 Apr 2021
Quick mole devouring rook The Telegraph Cryptic 28 Apr 2021
Agile LA Times Daily 13 Apr 2021
Agile
Agile USA Today 27 Mar 2021
Word that surrounds "sprightly" Universal 15 Mar 2021
Nimble USA Today 11 Feb 2021
Agile Thomas Joseph 10 Feb 2021
Agile agent capturing traitor finally The Telegraph Cryptic 28 Jan 2021
Moving around very nicely, thank you New York Times 27 Jan 2021
Active
Active LA Times Daily 23 Jan 2021
Agile Newsday 27 Dec 2020
Lively, so party regularly
Lively for one's age New York Times 22 Dec 2020
Quick look across river
Like many National Senior Games competitors Universal 15 Nov 2020
Lively, so party regularly
Nimble
Nimble LA Times Daily 06 Oct 2020
Light-footed LA Times Daily 03 Oct 2020
Light-footed
Vigorous
Light on one's feet Universal 28 Sep 2020
Active agent must possess core element of secrecy The Telegraph Toughie 22 Sep 2020
Limber Newsday 15 Sep 2020
Fast ship unloaded on track The Telegraph Toughie 03 Sep 2020
Nimble, agile The Times Concise 03 Sep 2020
Agile Eugene Sheffer 25 Aug 2020
Run into agent that's able to move supply
Nimble Thomas Joseph 19 Aug 2020
Like many Senior Olympics participants USA Today 29 Jul 2020
Quick-footed LA Times Daily 28 Jul 2020
Quick-footed
Old lively type of plant protects end of tuber
Energetic secret agent captures traitor, finally
Fast on one's feet Newsday 14 May 2020
Nimble mole torn apart by rook
Agile Universal 27 Apr 2020
Energetic for one’s age Wall Street Journal 20 Apr 2020
Alert queen drilling Bond, perhaps
Agile The Telegraph Quick 16 Apr 2020
Peppy for one's age Universal 10 Mar 2020
Like an octogenarian yoga practitioner USA Today 26 Feb 2020
Agile for one's age
Full of energy Wall Street Journal 01 Feb 2020
Lively for one's age
Nimble Family Time 01 Dec 2019
Surprisingly active Wall Street Journal 07 Nov 2019
Like senior Pilates practitioners Wall Street Journal 04 Nov 2019
Nimble for one's age USA Today 03 Nov 2019
Quick on one's feet New York Times 09 Oct 2019
Quick on one's feet
Agile for one's age USA Today 06 Oct 2019
Quick for one's age USA Today 20 Sep 2019
Nimble, especially for one's age New York Times 11 Sep 2019
Constance succeeded to poke her nose in
Surprisingly agile
Nimble The Telegraph Quick 30 Aug 2019
Nimble
Spades do some digging, moving easily
Special prize for showing agility
Surprisingly energetic Wall Street Journal 01 May 2019
Quick on one's feet
Lively The Times Concise 18 Apr 2019
Lively Newsday 18 Apr 2019
Full of life and energy
Nimble Universal 25 Mar 2019
Nimble Wall Street Journal 13 Mar 2019
Agile Wall Street Journal 27 Feb 2019
Lissome for one's age USA Today 06 Feb 2019
Lively spot -- must be about right The Telegraph Cryptic 06 Feb 2019
Full of life (of an old person)
Agile agent crossing river
Nimble mole overcomes resistance
Nimble
Like cat burglars
Nimble, especially for one's age
Quick for one's age
Nimble for one's age
Nimble
Agile
Surprisingly energetic
Agile for one's age
Nimble
Like senior Pilates practitioners
Agile
Lissome for one's age
Nimble Newsday 30 Dec 2018
Lively The Sun Two Speed 09 Dec 2018
Nimble agent nabbing traitor finally The Sun Two Speed 09 Dec 2018
Agile Family Time 18 Nov 2018
Agile and quick Universal 17 Nov 2018
Hardly doddering Wall Street Journal 15 Nov 2018
Sprightly The Telegraph Quick 10 Nov 2018
Active ace removed from jet
Peppy Newsday 10 Aug 2018
Far from lethargic USA Today 29 Jun 2018
Nimble and quick Family Time 25 Jun 2018
Nimble scout crosses river
Yare
Nimble agent nabbing traitor finally
Active despite the years
Nimble, mole round end of arbour The Telegraph Cryptic 27 Feb 2018
Agile for one's age Family Time 14 Jan 2018
Agile and quick
Hardly doddering
Far from lethargic
Energetic Newsday 24 Dec 2017
Active for your age The Sun Two Speed 18 Dec 2017
Active mole round end of October The Sun Two Speed 18 Dec 2017
Light on one's feet New York Times 17 Dec 2017
Like kittens
Like kittens LA Times Daily 24 Nov 2017
Able to move nicely New York Times 09 Nov 2017
Energetic for one's age USA Today 26 Sep 2017
Agile for one's age New York Times 18 Sep 2017
Agent keeps Rex nimble The Telegraph Cryptic 16 Sep 2017
Surprisingly agile Family Time 28 Aug 2017
Agile for one's age
(Of an old person) lively The Times Concise 21 Aug 2017
Not needing a cane, maybe New York Times 06 Aug 2017
Nimble Premier Sunday 23 Jul 2017
Nimble though old
Not needing a cane, say New York Times 04 Jun 2017
Full of vigor Newsday 25 May 2017
Nimble-footed though old
Nimble and quick Universal 27 Apr 2017
Agile for a golden-ager USA Today 03 Apr 2017
Full of life
Liveliness, though old
Opposite of doddery New York Times 11 Mar 2017
Not showing one's age, say New York Times 15 Feb 2017
Deadlock New York Times 26 Jan 2017
Quick on one's feet LA Times Daily 19 Jan 2017
Agile for a golden-ager
Energetic for one's age
Lively
Light on one's feet
Quick-footed
Like kittens
Able to move nicely
Agile for one's age
Not needing a cane, maybe
Not needing a cane, say
Not showing one's age, say
Opposite of doddery
Nimble and quick
Bouncy
(Of older person) lively The Times Concise 15 Nov 2016
Without resistance mole is nimble
Not prone to sit still Newsday 05 Nov 2016
Small nose, active
Chipper for one's age USA Today 22 Oct 2016
Old lively type of plant protects last tuber
Energetic LA Times Daily 30 Sep 2016
Moving well New York Times 25 Sep 2016
Agile performer ultimately taken in by agent The Telegraph Cryptic 04 Sep 2016
Not decrepit Wall Street Journal 26 Aug 2016
Light-footed for one's age Universal 11 Jun 2016
Active ingredient in crisp Ryvitas
Light on one's feet USA Today 06 Mar 2016
Limber
Agile The Sun Two Speed 08 Feb 2016
Full of ginger USA Today 02 Feb 2016
Active agent captures Russia's leader The Telegraph Cryptic 30 Jan 2016
Light on one's feet LA Times Daily 24 Jan 2016
Agile
Full of ginger
Light-footed for one's age
Moving well
Unusually nimble
Chipper for one's age
Energetic
Light on one's feet
Quick-footed Universal 04 Dec 2015
Nimble The Guardian Speedy 01 Nov 2015
Quick on one's feet Universal 22 Oct 2015
Lively in spite of age Wall Street Journal 19 Oct 2015
Surprisingly agile USA Today 19 Oct 2015
Twinkle-toed USA Today 17 Oct 2015
Lively spot around year end
Agile for one's age Wall Street Journal 22 Sep 2015
Lively The Guardian Quick 12 Sep 2015
Agile for one's age Universal 04 Sep 2015
Hardly doddery Wall Street Journal 24 Aug 2015
Complimentary adjective for a grandpa New York Times 20 Aug 2015
Active resistance intercepts agent
Quick to partially grasp Rydberg's theory
Moving well USA Today 11 Jul 2015
Not slowing down yet USA Today 14 Jun 2015
Surprisingly agile Newsday 28 Jan 2015
Energetic Premier Sunday 18 Jan 2015
Moving well
Complimentary adjective for a grandpa
Energetic
Agile for one's age
Quick on one's feet
Surprisingly agile
Nimble
Agile
Agile
Light on one's feet
Not slowing down yet
Surprisingly agile
Twinkle-toed
Peppy
Agile for one's age
Lively in spite of age
Twinkle-toed
Light on one's feet
Quick-footed
Lively son to ask personal questions
Nimble mole bordering river
Alert agent catching leader of ring
Alert agent catching leader of ring
Nimble, agent crossing river
Moving briskly
Peppy
Nimble
Agile
Surprisingly agile
Full of life
Active
Nimble
Nimble
Quick
Agile
Lively and active
Full of pep
Energetic
Not at all creaky
Pretty agile for one's age
Light-footed
Full of life for one's age
Nimble and quick
Like Santa Claus
Quick-footed
Twinkle-toed
Chipper
Quick on one's feet
Showing no sign of slowing down
Surprisingly lively
Surprisingly agile for one's age
Light on one's feet
Full of vinegar
Twinkle-toed
Moving well for one's age
Peppy
Agile
Active
Ballerina-like
Energetic for one's age
Full of energy
Surprisingly agile
Still vigorous
Not even close to creaky
Ballerinalike
Nimble
Limber
Active for one's age
Feeling one's oats
Nimble for one's age
Far from creaky
Quick on one's feet
Light on one's feet
Lively
Surprisingly agile
Not slowing down a bit
Like a gymnast
Quick on one's feet
Bushy-tailed
Still active despite one's age
Energetic for one's age
Light-footed
Well-coordinated
Lively, especially for one's age
Showing no sign of slowing down
Perky
Sprightly
Full of pep
Agile, for a senior
Showing no sign of slowing down
Fleet
Agile despite age
Full of life
Surprisingly lively for one's age
Not at all stiff
Full of vim and vigor
Hardly heavy-footed
Full of pep
Light-footed
Surprisingly limber
Pretty agile for one's age
Full of pep
Hardly heavy-footed
Ballerinalike
Not stiff
Agile for one's age
Full of vim and vigor
Moving easily
Like a gymnast
Full of energy
Surprisingly agile
Nimble
Lively and active
Full of vim and vigor
Active
Twinkle-toed
Surprisingly lively
Pretty agile for one's age
Like a little old lady in tennis shoes
Not slowing down a bit
Full of zip
Chipper
Loose-limbed
Quick and agile
Not slowing down a bit
Sprightly
Not lethargic
Getting around well
Full of pep
Not showing one's age, in a way
Dextrous
Brisk
Lively and active
Moving well
Energetic
Peppy
Chipper
Peppy
Lively, perhaps for one's age
Full of pep
Twinkle-toed
Lively
Full of pep
Perky
Nimble
Active
Like Granny on "The Beverly Hillbillies"
Quick and nimble
Nimble
Energetic
Full of vim and vigor
Agile
Quick and nimble
Energetic
Nimble
Nimble and quick
Like Olga Korbut
Frisky
Surprisingly lively
Not at all lethargic
Still getting around
Agile
Full of pep
Full of pep
Like a little old lady in tennis shoes?
Peppy
Deft
Agile
Moving quickly and energetically
Light-footed
Full of energy
"The ___ Arms of the Wind" (Dickinson poem)
Full of vim and vigor
Not slowing down a bit
Vigorously active
Energetic
Moving well
Like Jack-be-nimble
Gymnastically gifted
Full of ginger
Quick on one's feet
Perky
Lively, especially for one's age
Agile
Like gymnasts
Energetic
Perky
Peppy
Hardly heavy-footed
Unlike tree sloths
Unlike Strom Thurmond
Like a stereotypical little old lady in tennis shoes?
Full of ginger
Frisky
Light on one's feet
Like "Jack-be-nimble"
Perky
Twinkle-toed
Twinkle-toed
Energetic
Like Granny Daisy Moses
Active agent safeguarding resistance
Frisky
Still getting around
Lively
Go-go
Lively
Bouncy
Quick
Brisk
Full of pep
Like a little old lady in tennis shoes?
Getting around well
Not lethargic
Frisky
Limber
Still active
Energetic
Nimble
Sure-footed
Springy, in a way
Chipper
Brisk
Active.
Quick on the draw
Nimble
Light-footed.
Lively
Brisk.
Jumping
Chipper.
Full of life.
Nimble.
Lively.
Agile.
Frisky.
Lightsome.
Vigorous.
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