About The Word Sprightliness
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Sprightliness
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What's The Definition Of Sprightliness?
[n] animation and energy in action or expression; "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Sprightliness: life | liveliness | spirit Related Terms | Find terms related to Sprightliness: See Also | airiness | alacrity | animation | breeziness | brio | briskness | buoyancy | delicacy | ebullience | elan | energy | enthusiasm | esprit | exuberance | ginger | high-spiritedness | invigoration | irrepressibility | jauntiness | pep | peppiness | spiritedness | vigor | vigour | vim | vivification Sprightliness In Webster's Dictionary \Spright"li*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being sprightly; liveliness; life;
briskness; vigor; activity; gayety; vivacity.
In dreams, observe with what a sprightliness and
alacrity does she [the soul] exert herself! --Addison.
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