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Sprightliness

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The property of being sprightly.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The quality or state of being sprightly; liveliness; life; briskness; vigor; activity; gayety; vivacity.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The state or character of being sprightly; liveliness; life; briskness; vigor; activity; gaiety; vivacity.

n. Synonyms Life, Liveliness, etc. See animation.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. animation and energy in action or expression

Word Usage

"But nature has liberally supplied them with a fund of wit and sprightliness, which is certainly no small inducement to those, who have only transient glimpses of their charms, to wish very earnestly for a removal of those impediments, that obstruct their more frequent presence."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

vivification spiritedness animation brio invigoration

Hyponym

muscularity smartness briskness exuberance vigour airiness delicacy buoyancy esprit peppiness

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

liveliness Life briskness vigor activity gayety vivacity spirit

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

liveliness nimbleness playfulness vivacity light-heartedness buoyancy comeliness elasticity piquancy cleverness