Sprightly
['spraɪtlɪ] or ['spraɪtli]
Definition
(adj.) full of spirit and vitality; 'a sprightly young girl'; 'a sprightly dance' .
Editor: Nita--From WordNet
Definition
(superl.) Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance.
Editor: Nat
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Lively, mercurial, animated, vigorous, vivacious, buoyant, brisk, active, alert, agile, blithe, blithesome, gay, airy, cheerful, joyous, frolicsome, buxom, debonair, pleasant.
Editor: Megan
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Blithe, lively, gay, vivacious, alert, agile, brisk, animated
ANT:Sombre, dull, lifeless, sluggish, inanimate, heavy
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Examples
- Partner,' said that gentleman in a sprightly manner, 'how's yourself? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He threw me into the greatest confusion by laughing heartily and replying in a very sprightly manner, No, to be sure; you're right. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Well, Mr Wegg,' said Venus, smiling in a sprightly manner, 'I suspect you could hardly guess what I am going to do next. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Could it be for him that the fair Arabella had looked scornfully on the sprightly Bob Sawyer, or had he a successful rival? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- But, for example, the sprightly little woman was very sure of it, she said. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The reddleman's walk across the vale, and over into the next where his cart lay, was not sprightly for a slim young fellow of twenty-four. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- If he liked the majestic, she was the very type of majesty: then she was accomplished, sprightly. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Wegg, who had been going to put on his spectacles, immediately laid them down, with the sprightly observation: 'You read my thoughts, sir. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- They are sprightly--very sprightly, Milverton answered. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- You are so sprightly, Mr. George, returns the venerable grandfather. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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