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sprightly

[sprahyt-lee]

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adjective

animated, vivacious, or gay; lively.

adverb

in a sprightly manner.

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Origin:
1590–1600; spright (spelling variant of sprite) + -ly

Related forms

spright·li·ness, noun

un·spright·ly, adjective, adverb

Synonyms
1. spirited, blithe, buoyant, spry.

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Example Sentences

She is a dark-haired, sprightly beauty with a regal.

But the industry seems to be coming to terms with the fact that it is no longer as young and sprightly as it once was.

Meanwhile downstairs, there were both sprightly and contemplative performances.

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She is a dark-haired, sprightly beauty with a regal.

But the industry seems to be coming to terms with the fact that it is no longer as young and sprightly as it once was.

Meanwhile downstairs, there were both sprightly and contemplative performances.

Somehow these sprightly centenarians show no signs of dementia.

Large, firm berries with an excellent, sprightly flavor add to my plant list.

Carney is sprightly and full of vigor, and is the life and sunshine of the happy little household over which she presides.

Germany was especially sprightly in the second quarter.

He was incredibly sprightly and forceful, especially for a centenarian.

Large, firm berries with an excellent, sprightly flavor.

Chicken soup and oatflakes, he said in his sprightly way, had kept him going since.

There'll be a sprightly affogato for dessert, coffee and amaro mixing with zabaglione ice cream.

The quick dance movements were sprightly and musical.

DeCoque sometimes adding his own sprightly guitar lines to the.

Barbecued beef stick burnished with peanut butter sauce and served atop a small salad is a sprightly treat.

The situation is as capricious, the dialogue as sprightly and the settings as sinfully luxurious as they ought to.

The firm had been known for its sprightly traditionalism.

And of course this film is in color, sauced by a sprightly musical score.

While her husband pursues an affair, this sprightly novel's heroine becomes immersed in an all-female world.

The meat is so thin that it functions as a backdrop for other ingredients, be they sprightly vegetables or a spicy paste.

Reeve and his swashbuckling buddies can keep this good woman's sprightly voice down.

Asparagus soup is no longer bright and sprightly with a nutty flavor but a dull green puree with a subdued taste.

But by the time he had finished one of his sprightly tunes he had won over much of his traveling audience.

Chopra's book is part sprightly biography, part history and part sociological study.

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sprightly (ˈspraɪtlɪ)

—*adj* , -lier, -liest
1.	full of vitality; lively

—*adv*
2.	obsolete in a lively manner

[C16: from spright, variant of sprite + -ly¹]

'sprightliness

—n

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Word Origin & History

sprightly

1596, from spright, early 16c. variant of sprite.

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"A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humours and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child; but he neither consults them about, nor trusts them with, serious matters."

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