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Meanings of sprightly in English

Sprightly.

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Usage of sprightly in English
1
The varied excitements of the time are mirrored in her sprightly letters.
William Pitt and the Great War
2
The following picture sketches Handel and his friends in a sprightly fashion:
The Great German Composers
3
Mr. P. gave a sprightly picture of the industry of the negroes.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 2 of 4
4
Finish with a sprinkle of gremolata to add a sprightly flavor note.
Roast mortem
5
The sprightly young clergyman started on his mission full of bright expectations.
South Wind
6
Manchester City's manager remains an extraordinarily agile and sprightly 48-year-old footballing obsessive.
The Irish Times
7
The young person thus addressed shook her head with a sprightly motion.
From Place to Place
8
She was not so young and sprightly as once she had been.
Clayhanger
9
He knew the selfishness of it, this furtive and sprightly old man.
Cheerful—By Request
10
Both boys and girls are said to be handsome and very sprightly.
The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M....
11
Mrs. Meadows was walking down towards her villa, in sprightly fashion, alone.
South Wind
12
She would have made some sprightly reference to it before she went.
Zuleika Dobson; Or, An Oxford Love Story
13
A blind fiddler sat on a stool there and played sprightly airs.
The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance
14
Aunt Maude and her sprightly niece were as good as a play.
Mistress Anne
15
Take the games, for example, with their magnificent plumage and sprightly bearing.
The Boston Terrier and All About It / A Practical, Scientific, a...
16
Barebone made no answer to this dark suggestion of a sprightly past.
The Last Hope
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Sprightly through the time
Sprightly across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common