the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it.
Examples of spry
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She certainly won't forget someone who once referred to her as a spry old thing.
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Teenagers who fought in Normandy or at Iwo Jima can be in their fairly spry 70s.
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He has suffered eye and back problems in detention but now seems relatively spry.
From the theaustralian.com.au
For a man well into his 10th decade, Schmidt remains spry and relatively healthy.
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And superior rebounders are simply outjumping him because he's not spry enough.
From the freep.com
Elder did appear more spry, and he certainly wasn't shy about putting up shots.
From the usatoday.com
Mom was in her 60s and spry then, so getting in and out of the tub was no problem.
From the sfgate.com
How did the professor, who's spry and quick in this prequel, become paralyzed?
From the charlotteobserver.com
The challenge transformed the shaky convalescent into the spry, dancing candidate.
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Agile: moving quickly and lightly; "sleek and agile as a gymnast"; "as nimble as a deer"; "nimble fingers"; "quick of foot"; "the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it"
Spry is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Having great power of leaping or running; nimble; active
Was also observed to be upregulated upon stimulation of RTK signaling in cells in vitro culture. In mammalian fibroblasts, EGF and FGF stimulation induces the expression of Spry2 and Spry4 through the activation of the Ras/ERK cascade [30]. ...
A vegetable shortening similar to Crisco which was available from the mid-1930s until the early 1970s