spryness

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Morton brings a refreshing comic spryness to Lear, playing him not as a doddering old man but as a vivacious, scampering jokester who expects to be treated as the life of the party.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2022

Sadly, much of Roks’ spryness on the course did, though, as he crept into his mid-40s and his golf game deteriorated.

From Golf Digest • Dec. 24, 2019

The slugger then got a standing ovation when he legged out a double in the fifth, sliding into second base with seldom-seen spryness.

From Washington Times • May 3, 2018

His 170-pound frame has a spryness that has added an intriguing dimension of quickness to his all-around game.

From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2010

It was the wound in his leg that seemed to bother him, and it was all of a week before he got back again to his old spryness.

From Before Adam by London, Jack