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Another word for sprightly

Adjective

  1. Possessing, exerting, or displaying energy

    2. See also:

    action

  2. Disposed to action

    3. See also:

    action

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Sentence Examples

  • The women are sprightly, clever and amiable.

  • The handsome and sprightly Fringilla coelebs 3 is common throughout the whole of Europe.

  • He was "gay and sprightly, with a turn for wit and humour."

  • Moreover, his younger brother, Charles of Orleans, who was of a more sprightly temperament, was his father's favourite; and the rivalry of Diane and the duchesse d'Etampes helped to make still wider the breach between the king and the dauphin.

  • Its gay plumage is matched by its sprightly nature; and together they make it one of the most favourite cage-birds among all classes.

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