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sprightlyspright‧ly /ˈspraɪtli/ adjective sprightlyOrigin: 1500-1600 sprite - a sprightly collection of songs
- Actually she had been more sprightly since Mr Paradise, the vet, operated on her thyroid.
- Anne is a sprightly young woman who works in the local bookstore.
- So sprightly, in fact, that Lizzy swore that we were given back a new cat.
- There is, for instance, the inevitable saucy servant girl, played in sprightly fashion by Suzanne Bouchard.
- They have a sprightly air and a sly mischievous sense of humour.
- This is a sprightly, breezy wine with loads of vibrant fruit and spice and layers of complex flavor.
- This remedy had certainly done him no harm, for he was a sprightly eighty-year old.
- We were extremely well looked after by Per Sorum, a sprightly 70-plus year old who had a beautiful house in Aasen.
an old person who is sprightly is still active and full of energy – used to show approval—sprightliness noun [uncountable] |