"spryly" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-spryly.wav [US] Forms: more spryly [comparative], most spryly [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English spry Middle English -ly English -ly English spryly From spry + -ly. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|spry|-ly<id:adverbial>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English spry Middle English -ly English -ly English spryly [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ly", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "spryly", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="spryly"> From spry + -ly. Head templates: {{en-adv}} spryly (comparative more spryly, superlative most spryly)
  1. In a spry manner.
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