Sprightly Definition

sprītlē
sprightlier, sprightliest, sprightly
adjective
sprightlier, sprightliest
Full of energy and spirit; lively, brisk, etc.
Webster's New World

Animated, vivacious, or gay; lively.

Wiktionary
(especially of old people) Energetic and in good health.
Wiktionary
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adverb
In a sprightly manner.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Sprightly

Adjective

Base Form:
sprightly
Comparative:
sprightlier
Superlative:
sprightliest

Origin of Sprightly

  • spright (“spirit") +"Ž -ly

    From Wiktionary

Sprightly Sentence Examples

  • The women are sprightly, clever and amiable.

  • Pinot Grigio's saving grace is its bone-dry and sprightly acidity that makes it a natural companion to seafood, particularly shellfish, fowl, light pastas, and cheese.

  • The handsome and sprightly Fringilla coelebs 3 is common throughout the whole of Europe.

  • I get up in the morning and I don't feel achy all over and I'm so sprightly.

  • Moreover, his younger brother, Charles of Orleans, who was of a more sprightly temperament, was his father's favourite; and the rivalry of Diane and the duchesse d'Etampes helped to make still wider the breach between the king and the dauphin.

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