sprightly

sprightly
Synonyms and related words:
Attic, active, activist, activistic, agile, alert, alive, animate, animated, antic, biting, bouncing, bouncy, breezy, brilliant, brisk, bubbly, capersome, cheerful, chipper, clever, coltish, droll, ebullient, effervescent, energetic, exuberant, facetious, featly, fleet, frisky, frolicsome, full of beans, full of go, full of life, full of pep, funny, gamesome, gay, good, graceful, hearty, humorous, humorsome, jaunty, jesting, jocose, jocular, joking, joky, joshing, keen, keen-witted, light, light-footed, live, lively, mercurial, militant, mordant, neat-fingered, neat-handed, nimble, nimble-footed, nimble-witted, peart, peppy, perky, pert, playful, pointed, pungent, quick-witted, quicksilver, rapier-like, rollicking, rollicksome, rompish, salt, salty, scintillating, sharp, skittish, smacking, smart, snappy, spanking, sparkling, spirited, sportive, spry, sure-footed, vital, vivacious, volant, whimsical, witty, zestful, zingy, zippy

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  • Sprightly — Spright ly ( l[y^]), a. [Compar. {Sprightlier} ( l[i^]*[ e]r); superl. {Sprightliest}.] [See {Sprite}.] Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance. Sprightly …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sprightly — [sprīt′lē] adj. sprightlier, sprightliest [< spright, var. of SPRITE + LY1] full of energy and spirit; lively, brisk, etc. adv. sprightlier, sprightliest in a sprightly manner SYN. AGILE …   English World dictionary

  • sprightly — index alert (agile), jocular, resilient, volatile Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • sprightly — 1590s, from spright, early 16c. variant of SPRITE (Cf. sprite), + LY (Cf. ly) (1) …   Etymology dictionary

  • sprightly — *lively, animated, vivacious, gay Analogous words: *active, live, dynamic: *agile, nimble, brisk, spry: *merry, blithe, jocund …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • sprightly — [adj] fun, vivacious active, agile, airy, alert, animate, animated, blithe, bouncy, breezy, bright, brisk, cheerful, cheery, chipper, chirpy, clever, dapper, dashing, energetic, fairylike, frolicsome, gay, good, grooving, hyper, jaunty, jolly,… …   New thesaurus

  • sprightly — (also spritely) ► ADJECTIVE (sprightlier, sprightliest) ▪ (especially of an old person) lively; energetic. DERIVATIVES sprightliness noun. ORIGIN from spright, a rare variant of SPRITE(Cf. ↑sprite) …   English terms dictionary

  • sprightly — UK [ˈspraɪtlɪ] / US adjective Word forms sprightly : adjective sprightly comparative sprightlier superlative sprightliest a) a sprightly person is healthy and has a lot of energy b) used about things that are done with a lot of energy sprightly… …   English dictionary

  • sprightly — adjective (sprightlier; est) Etymology: obsolete spright (sprite), alteration of sprite Date: 1596 1. marked by a gay lightness and vivacity ; spirited < a sprightly musical > 2. having a distinctively piquant taste ; zesty …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • sprightly — spright|ly [ spraıtli ] adjective a sprightly person is healthy and has a lot of energy a. used about things that are done with a lot of energy: sprightly enthusiasm …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • sprightly — [[t]spra͟ɪtli[/t]] sprightlier, sprightliest ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A sprightly person, especially an old person, is lively and active. ...the sprightly 85 year old President. Syn: spry …   English dictionary

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