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Thesaurus: sprightly

Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance.

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  1. superl. Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance.
  2. adj. full of spirit and vitality
  3. Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance. "Sprightly wit and love inspires." Dryden. The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. Pope.
  4. Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous;airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance."Sprightly wit and love inspires." Dryden.The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. Pope.
  5. r:29/j:71 s. full of spirit and vitality