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sprightly
adjective
1 sprightly
Full of spirit and vitality.
Roget 836:
cheerful;
happy
etc.
827;
cheery,
cheerly†;
of good cheer,
smiling;
blithe;
in spirits,
in good spirits;
breezy,
bully,
chipper [U.S.];
in high spirits,
in high feather;
happy as the day is long,
happy as a king;
gay as a lark;
allegro;
debonair;
light,
lightsome,
light hearted;
buoyant,
debonnaire,
bright,
free and easy,
airy;
janty†,
jaunty,
canty†;
hedonic†;
riant†;
sprightly,
sprightful†;
spry;
spirited,
spiritful†;
lively,
animated,
vivacious;
brisk as a bee;
sparkling,
sportive;
full of play,
full of spirit;
all alive.
sunny,
palmy;
hopeful
etc.
858.
merry as a cricket,
merry as a grig†,
merry as a marriage bell;
joyful,
joyous,
jocund,
jovial;
jolly as a thrush,
jolly as a sandboy†;
blithesome;
gleeful,
gleesome†;
hilarious,
rattling.
winsome,
bonny,
hearty,
buxom.
playful,
playsome†;
folatre [Fr.],
playful as a kitten,
tricksy†,
frisky,
frolicsome;
gamesome;
jocose,
jocular,
waggish;
mirth loving,
laughter-loving;
mirthful,
rollicking.
elate,
elated;
exulting,
jubilant,
flushed;
rejoicing
etc.
838;
cock-a-hoop.
cheering,
inspiriting,
exhilarating;
cardiac,
cardiacal†;
pleasing
etc.
829;
palmy.
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Roget 842:
witty,
attic;
quick-witted,
nimble-witted;
smart;
jocular,
jocose,
humorous;
facetious,
waggish,
whimsical;
kidding,
joking,
puckish;
playful
etc.
840;
merry and wise;
pleasant,
sprightly,
light,
spirituel†,
sparkling,
epigrammatic,
full of point,
ben trovato [It];
comic
etc.
853.
zany,
madcap.
funny,
amusing
etc.
(amusement)
840.
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