Sprightly

Word SPRIGHTLY
Character 9
Hyphenation spright ly
Pronunciations /ˈspɹaɪtli/

Definitions and meanings of "Sprightly"

What do we mean by sprightly?

Full of spirit and vitality; lively; brisk. adjective

In a lively, animated manner. adverb

In a sprightly manner; with vigor, liveliness, or gaiety.

Having a lively, distinctive taste; not palling.

Of or pertaining to a sprite or spirit; ghostly; spectral; incorporeal.

Full of spirit or vigor; brisk; lively; vivacious; animated; spirited; gay.

Synonyms See animation.

Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay adjective

Animated, vivacious, or gay; lively adjective

Full of life and vigor, especially with a light and springy step adjective

Energetic and in good health adjective

In a lively and vigorous way adverb

Full of spirit and vitality adjective

Animated, gay or vivacious; lively, spirited.

Of a person: full of life and vigour, especially with a light and springy step.

Of or relating to a sprite; ghostly, spectral.

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The word "sprightly" in example sentences

By this time I had my black wardrobe more or less together, and had learned not to say, “Well, hi there!” in sprightly tones. ❋ Unknown (2007)

It was all "sprightly" -- that was Murray's tone -- but also it was cordial; and it referred to Thyrsis 'earlier novel, "The Hearer of Truth", as "that brilliant piece of work". ❋ Upton Sinclair (1923)

The letters contain many particulars of her life, together with many anecdotes hitherto unknown or forgotten, told with a saucy vivacity which is charming, and an air vividly recalling the sprightly, arch demeanour, and black, sparkling eyes of the fair Queen of Navarre. ❋ Various (N/A)

To frame a system which shall suit the condition of our country and the genius of its government, which shall develop the faculties of the mind and improve the good dispositions of the heart; which shall embrace in its views the rich and the poor, the dull and the sprightly is a work of great magnitude and requires details to give it efficacy, which the little time allowed to your committee ❋ Charles Lee (1908)

Peter Manso: erm, I was using "sprightly" as a compliment - as in, "energetic" etc. ❋ Unknown (2010)

To call Capote's profile of Brando "sprightly" is not too bright; if anything, this is the best single short piece of its kind, plus which Capote performed the near-impossible -- he got the normally guarded Brando to open up. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Known for her "sprightly" comedies, Centlivre published a total of 19 plays in her lifetime, including The Busy Body (1709) and The ❋ Unknown (2007)

Small but vital: She hasn't thrown a shoe at me yet for calling her "sprightly," but maybe she should. ❋ Unknown (2008)

You know books, you know kids, I appreciate the fact that you have a homeschool group at the library, and I enjoy your "sprightly" writing not to mention the glimpses of the NYC I used to live in. ❋ Fusenumber8 (2007)

Thomas's score, in fact, is largely responsible for keeping one interested through all this gothic silliness; the visuals suggest what the experience of one of Wallace's 1920s stage productions might have been like, but the score is aggressively modern and humorous, a kind of sprightly, big band funk with barely coherent Mantan Moreland-like vocals by Joe Quick It's COLD, man... lookit that MOON lookit that MOON!... ❋ Unknown (2006)

Granny and Grandoug are 76 and they are unusually fit and "sprightly" (!!) but they would be completely floored by what the Queen has had to do this weekend, not to mention the weeks running up to it. ❋ Sheepdip (2002)

Put Peel on on the way home to hear an Email read out from someone who was at Leeds saying that the Fall were good and Mark was "sprightly" but that the audience were all thirty-somethings and that it was a shame that the audience is getting older. ❋ Unknown (1999)

He is now obviously keen for self-improvement, and, in the manner of his father, for the improvement of others also; while congratulating Polly on the better style of her letters which are now "sprightly", he corrects her spelling. ❋ George M. Wrong (N/A)

With "artisanal olive oils" as its focal point, the guide says this "sprightly" ❋ Unknown (2008)

Ken Fallin Mr. Kissinger, who will turn 88 later this month and remains sprightly and intellectually as sharp as ever, seems to be in a bright mood when I enter his office. ❋ Bret Stephens (2011)

The latest crop of style books offer a broad range of choices, from a study of shoplifting that will make for sprightly dinner conversation to a pair of beach-worthy reads on Diana Vreeland , who is still influencing fashion years after her death. ❋ Christina Binkley (2011)

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