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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

spryly en · ADV

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree English spry Middle English -ly English -ly English spryly From spry + -ly.

Meanings

  1. In a spry manner.
    • But now an express had rolled up and the old man was disappearing quite spryly inside one of its doors. 1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 579:

Forms

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most spryly Degree=Sup lexicographic
more spryly Degree=Cmp lexicographic