Spry (sprī), a. [Compar.Sprier or Spryer (–ẽr); superl.Spriest or Spryest.] [Cf. dial. Sw. sprygg lively, skittish, and E. sprag.] Having great power of leaping or running; nimble; active.
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.