Definitions
full of spirit and vitality
Word origin
From spright + -ly (suffix forming adverbs from adjectives).; see further at etymology 1.
Used in a sentence
“Next vnto lumpish Saturn, sprightlie Iove / Moves in his orbe.”
“[B]y the Path-way green, / A ſprightlie Troupe ſtill onward heedleſſe ſped, / In Chace of Butterflies alert and keen; / Honours, and Wealth, and Powre, their Butterflies I ween.”
“The Bard now tries a ſprightlier ſound, / When all the feather'd race around / Perceive the varied ſtrains; / The ſoaring lark the note purſues; / The timorous dove around him cooes, / And Philomel complains.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Lively”9 letters
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