In more physical sense: Having the freshness and lively spirits of youth or good health; fresh, lively, sprightly, spirited. Obsolete.

Brisk, lively; in good spirits.

figurative. All in a flutter, high-spirited.

Given to frisking; lively; playful.

Vigorous or lively; spirited. Cf. spirity, adj. 1 sprightly, adj.

Full of life and spirit; brisk, lively, frisky.

Full of spirit. Of a person: full of energy or animation; active, vigorous; lively, energetic (cf. sprightly, adj. 2a). Also: assertive, determined…

Animated, vivacious; jolly, cheerful.

With all the appearance of being alive. Chiefly in alive and alive-like: alive and likely to live, alive and well. Cf. lifelike, adj. 2.

Lively; cheerful.

Of a person: full of spirit, energy, or vitality; mettlesome; active, dynamic; vivacious. Now esp. (of an older person): physically vigorous; spry.

Of a quality or sentiment: characterized by liveliness.

Of a person: = mettlesome, adj. 1c.

= alive-like, adj.

Of a person: full of spirit; of a lively, animated, or energetic disposition; characterized by courageous, assertive, or determined behaviour. Also…

Spirited; animated, lively, vivacious. Now rare.

(attributive). Spirited, feisty; lively, eager, willing. Also: brave, courageous. In later use Scottish and English regional (northern). Obsolete.

†(a) high-spirited (see stomach, n. 6) (obsolete); (b) having a large stomach.

That is or has a free spirit; lively and independent; unconstrained by convention.

Esp. of a person or animal: full of spirit; characterized by animation, energy, vivacity, or boldness; spirited; mettlesome. Now rare.

Spirited; animated, lively, vivacious. rare after 18th cent. Cf. spirituous, adj. 2.

Full of, characterized by, or exhibiting vivacity or liveliness; animated, brisk, lively, sprightly. Of persons, the mind, disposition, etc.

Of a person: extremely lively, animated; talkative. Now rare.

Moving, or inclined to move, in a playful or lively manner; frisky, frolicsome.

Like air in its lightness and buoyancy. Lively, sprightly; cheerful, vivacious. Now chiefly Irish English.

Full of the activity and movement of life, enlivened; spirited, lively, vivacious.

Of a person or personal attribute: having a distinctive lively or spirited quality; full of 'go'. Obsolete.

Of a person: high-spirited, vivacious, playful. Also: courageous, brave.

Of persons: brilliant, animated, sprightly.

Merry, hearty; boisterous.

slang. ? Lively, ‘nice’. Cf. bobbish, adj.

Vivacious, lively.

Of a person, his or her features, etc.: full of energy or animation; active, lively, brisk.

Chiefly Scottish. Characterized by a lively nature; spirited.

Characterized by animation or spirit.

Scottish. Esp. of a girl: lively, bold; forward.

figurative. Of a person, or his or her personality, nature, etc.: full of or characterized by high spirits; vivacious, bubbly.

Cheerful and lively; = chipper, adj.

Full of or characterized by high spirits, energy, or exuberance; lively, vivacious; = bubbly, adj. 3. Now rare.

figurative. Full of interest, excitement, character, etc.; lively, spirited.

Emitting sparks; also, lively, vivacious.

figurative. Of a person, or his or her personality, nature, etc.: vivacious, full of high spirits. Cf. bubbling, adj. 2b.

Lively, exciting, spirited; bright, vivid, gaudy; showy, flashy, ostentatious.

figurative. Bright or lively; energetic, exuberant.

Sparkling; that sparkles. Also figurative, lively.

Exciting, lively; great, excellent. slang.