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Definition of spirited in English: spiritedadjectiveˈspɪrɪtɪdˈspɪrɪdəd 1Full of energy, enthusiasm, and determination. a spirited campaigner for women's rights Example sentencesExamples - The real substance in the book is found in her spirited emphasis on the importance of learning.
- The spirited mother's courage and love for her son lend the narrative warmth and dignity.
- Ballykelly took the points after a lively encounter against a spirited Eadestown challenge.
- Still the visitors pressed, but a spirited start to the second half was soon stifled.
- It would be nice to report that the visitors mounted a spirited defence of their line from first to last, but that would be stretching the truth.
- Their spirited determination to proceed as normal was universally applauded.
- The spirited team were then presented with their cup after securing victory by the tightest of margins.
- He liked helping them out and he thought Charlotte had such a spirited character.
- All three students agreed it was a lively, humorous, spirited debate and a rewarding experience.
- The game was fast, the play spirited and strong and neither side was prepared to give an inch of turf unchallenged.
- These engines guarantee spirited driving fun, combined with low fuel consumption and emissions.
- For a split second, I marvelled at his spirited attitude before it dawned on me that he was actually a tourist.
- They played an exciting and spirited game but met with strong opposition.
- Shammies survived a spirited attempt by the visitors to get back on level terms in the second half.
- The one real sign of life in the first half was a spirited speech made by Colin Powell.
- They're all 6 feet tall and in their sixties or seventies and they're spirited and feisty.
- True to her spirited image, the bride proposed to the groom as he sped around a track in California.
- This has provoked a spirited defence from surviving members of the design team.
- This spirited and vivacious cricketer is a fighter, a towering all-rounder in the making.
- As it turns out, Alison is quite the spirited child and is quite capable of damaging these men.
Synonyms lively, vivacious, vibrant, full of life, vital, animated, high-spirited, sparkling, sprightly, energetic, active, vigorous, dynamic, dashing, enthusiastic, passionate, fiery courageous, brave, plucky, bold, valiant, mettlesome, intrepid, determined, resolute, enterprising informal feisty, spunky, have-a-go, gutsy, ballsy North American informal peppy 2in combination Having a specified character, attitude, or mood. a warm-hearted, generous-spirited man
Derivatives adverbˈspɪrɪtɪdliˈspɪrɪdɪdli Four points down in minutes, Mayo fought back spiritedly to go ahead, but by half-time the power and guile of the Leinster men had put them ahead again. Example sentencesExamples - Although the game had to be stopped due to a player suffering injury, Glaxo spiritedly opted to carry on.
- Also, even though we cover everything, and have been quite spiritedly political of late, we are perceived as a pop culture site, and a lot of bloggers don't see this as ‘serious.’
- The striker's selective use of statistics ignores three comprehensive defeats, and a difference in points the width of the North Sea, but he adds spiritedly: ‘Of course we can lie down and die.’
- ‘Well, I have six years in which to learn,’ she said spiritedly.
nounˈspɪrɪtɪdnəsˈspɪrɪdɪdnəs Brio is what Peruvians call the willing, controllable spiritedness that typifies the breed. Example sentencesExamples - Her spiritedness was much evoked by her friends.
- The poverty of the people is obvious, but at the same time a certain spiritedness seems to survive.
- But the human tendencies Nietzsche portrays as normative - spiritedness, aggression, fierceness - would fail on scriptural and theological grounds to find moral favor among Christians.
- Beagles are inclined to play - if not roughly, rambunctiously - and their spiritedness can may lead to accidental injuries to their playmates.
Definition of spirited in US English: spiritedadjectiveˈspiridədˈspɪrɪdəd 1Full of energy, enthusiasm, and determination. a spirited campaigner for women's rights Example sentencesExamples - They played an exciting and spirited game but met with strong opposition.
- This has provoked a spirited defence from surviving members of the design team.
- The one real sign of life in the first half was a spirited speech made by Colin Powell.
- The real substance in the book is found in her spirited emphasis on the importance of learning.
- It would be nice to report that the visitors mounted a spirited defence of their line from first to last, but that would be stretching the truth.
- This spirited and vivacious cricketer is a fighter, a towering all-rounder in the making.
- As it turns out, Alison is quite the spirited child and is quite capable of damaging these men.
- For a split second, I marvelled at his spirited attitude before it dawned on me that he was actually a tourist.
- These engines guarantee spirited driving fun, combined with low fuel consumption and emissions.
- Ballykelly took the points after a lively encounter against a spirited Eadestown challenge.
- Still the visitors pressed, but a spirited start to the second half was soon stifled.
- True to her spirited image, the bride proposed to the groom as he sped around a track in California.
- The spirited team were then presented with their cup after securing victory by the tightest of margins.
- Shammies survived a spirited attempt by the visitors to get back on level terms in the second half.
- Their spirited determination to proceed as normal was universally applauded.
- The game was fast, the play spirited and strong and neither side was prepared to give an inch of turf unchallenged.
- The spirited mother's courage and love for her son lend the narrative warmth and dignity.
- He liked helping them out and he thought Charlotte had such a spirited character.
- All three students agreed it was a lively, humorous, spirited debate and a rewarding experience.
- They're all 6 feet tall and in their sixties or seventies and they're spirited and feisty.
Synonyms lively, vivacious, vibrant, full of life, vital, animated, high-spirited, sparkling, sprightly, energetic, active, vigorous, dynamic, dashing, enthusiastic, passionate, fiery 2in combination Having a specified character, outlook on life, or mood. he was a warmhearted, generous-spirited man |