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SPRIGHTLY

\spɹˈa͡ɪtli], \spɹˈa‍ɪtli], \s_p_ɹ_ˈaɪ_t_l_i]\

Definitions of SPRIGHTLY

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language

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Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Sprightlier.
Sprightliest.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Spirit-like: airy: full of life: lively: brisk.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Spirited; lively; brisk.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Animated; vivacious; lively.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Full of life and activity; lively; brisk.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

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