About The Word Sprightliness

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Sprightliness

Sprightliness Meaning & Definition
Sprightliness Definition And Meaning

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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