sprightlilyadv.
/ˈsprʌɪtlᵻli/, U.S. /ˈspraɪtlᵻli/ In a sprightly or lively manner.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adverb] > in a lively manner
quicklyOE
heartilya1450
vively1471
sprightlya1584
sportively1597
sprightfully1597
spiritfully?1609
lifelike1637
sprightlily1739
vivaciously1815
rattlingly1824
friskily1862
spirity1865
sparklingly1879
the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > spiritedness or liveliness > [adverb]
quicklyOE
heartilya1450
sprightlya1584
sprightfully1597
spiritfully?1609
lifelike1637
sprightlily1739
spiritedly1750
livelily1751
spirituously1751
good-temperedly1776
spiritly1796
vivaciously1815
animately1822
rattlingly1824
friskily1862
spirity1865
sparklingly1879
1739 Man Superior to Woman 69 Discreetly daring, modest with becoming Boldness, sprightlily sedate, easy without Levity, solid without Solemnity.
1819 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 237/1 He quaffs a liberal glass of the sanctified water, flirts sprightlily, but tenderly, with the fair maiden who presents it to him.
1891 H. Lynch G. Meredith 103 Lively youths, maidens and matrons, who act chorus, wittily, epigrammatically, and sprightlily.
1946 Montana Standard 10 Feb. 5/3 Moving sprightlily along the path of progress.
2003 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 11 Jan. 53 This attractive selection of orchestral music by Aaron Copland, sprightlily played by the lively Nashville Chamber Orchestra.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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