Sprightly
adjective
Full of life and energy.
Despite her old age, she remained sprightly and active.
Often appears as...
- sprightly old lady
- sprightly pace
adverb
In a way that is full of life and energy.
She moves quite sprightly for her age.
Often appears as...
- moves sprightly
- dance sprightly
adjective
Full of life and energy.
Despite her old age, she remained sprightly and active.
Often appears as...
- sprightly old lady
- sprightly pace
adverb
In a way that is full of life and energy.
She moves quite sprightly for her age.
Often appears as...
- moves sprightly
- dance sprightly
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Age Neutral
Applies to people of all ages, not just the elderly.
The young boy was remarkably sprightly, outpacing his peers.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Tone
Conveys admiration or approval, often surprising against expectations.
After his recovery, he was surprisingly sprightly, joining the race with gusto.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Context
Usually describes physical liveliness, like walking fast or playing actively.
The sprightly puppy chased after the ball with boundless energy.
Pro Tip 1/3Age Neutral
Applies to people of all ages, not just the elderly.
The young boy was remarkably sprightly, outpacing his peers.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Tone
Conveys admiration or approval, often surprising against expectations.
After his recovery, he was surprisingly sprightly, joining the race with gusto.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Context
Usually describes physical liveliness, like walking fast or playing actively.
The sprightly puppy chased after the ball with boundless energy.
Pro Tip 1/3Age Neutral
Applies to people of all ages, not just the elderly.
The young boy was remarkably sprightly, outpacing his peers.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Tone
Conveys admiration or approval, often surprising against expectations.
After his recovery, he was surprisingly sprightly, joining the race with gusto.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Context
Usually describes physical liveliness, like walking fast or playing actively.
The sprightly puppy chased after the ball with boundless energy.
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Safari Live - Day 166 PIPE...
but could have without us knowing that's always a possibility materi is look at doing a typical rubbing and then and then after that then he does his little spry so I love watching them in their
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Caring For A Sickly Baby...
same idea it's exactly what you need right now yum how's that so he's quite sprightly today well i'm hoping that with this course of antibiotics that he'll be able to maintain weight
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Anand Giridharadas: A...
even as record numbers of children go hungry. Seeing life-expectancy drop for large groups, even as it polishes the world's best hospitals. America today is a sprightly young body,
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Safari Live - Day 166 PIPE...
but could have without us knowing that's always a possibility materi is look at doing a typical rubbing and then and then after that then he does his little spry so I love watching them in their
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Caring For A Sickly Baby...
same idea it's exactly what you need right now yum how's that so he's quite sprightly today well i'm hoping that with this course of antibiotics that he'll be able to maintain weight
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Anand Giridharadas: A...
even as record numbers of children go hungry. Seeing life-expectancy drop for large groups, even as it polishes the world's best hospitals. America today is a sprightly young body,
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Paul Di Filippo
American Writer
It's certainly a cliche to remark that a nonfiction book 'reads just like a novel,' but in the case of Jonathan Eig's 'The Birth of the Pill,' I have no other recourse, since his narrative is full of larger-than-life characters sharply limned and embarked on fascinating doings, their story told in sprightly visual fashion.
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Rita Moreno
Puerto Rican Actress
I've always had this image of this strong, sprightly person who is undaunted by anything; on the contrary, I was one of the shyest, most unsure people you ever met in your life. But I have one very specific quality: I'm plucky. I really am. I would say that's a perfect description of my personality.
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Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
British Statesman
Women are only children of a larger growth. A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humours and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child; but he neither consults them about, nor trusts them with, serious matters.
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Shaun Livingston
American Basketball Player
I haven't been as healthy as I'd like or as spry as I'd like. But it's all relative to the sport. So I'm just enjoying the process, really. It's been ups and downs obviously and frustrating times. I know that's the beauty and the struggle.
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Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
British Statesman
A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humors and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child; but he neither consults them about, nor trusts them with, serious matters.
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Michel de Montaigne
French Philosopher
There is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not grieve me to have produced alone, and that I have no one to tell it to.
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Ato Essandoh
American Actor
Jason Bourne is supposed to be really sneaky and spry, but as soon as he walks by, everybody pulls out their cell phones and starts recording. That level of fame is wild to see.
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Pedro Calderon de la Barca
Spanish Dramatist
These flowers, which were splendid and sprightly, waking in the dawn of the morning, in the evening will be a pitiful frivolity, sleeping in the cold night's arms.
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Hugh Grant
English Actor
I think I'm rather young and sprightly, but then you see pictures of yourself and think, 'Who is that old man?' and I realise I'm not as young as I thought I was.
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Robert Culp
American Actor
Spry is not a look, spry is behavior.
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Paul Di Filippo
American Writer
It's certainly a cliche to remark that a nonfiction book 'reads just like a novel,' but in the case of Jonathan Eig's 'The Birth of the Pill,' I have no other recourse, since his narrative is full of larger-than-life characters sharply limned and embarked on fascinating doings, their story told in sprightly visual fashion.
Quote examples
Rita Moreno
Puerto Rican Actress
I've always had this image of this strong, sprightly person who is undaunted by anything; on the contrary, I was one of the shyest, most unsure people you ever met in your life. But I have one very specific quality: I'm plucky. I really am. I would say that's a perfect description of my personality.
Quote examples
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
British Statesman
Women are only children of a larger growth. A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humours and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child; but he neither consults them about, nor trusts them with, serious matters.
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Shaun Livingston
American Basketball Player
I haven't been as healthy as I'd like or as spry as I'd like. But it's all relative to the sport. So I'm just enjoying the process, really. It's been ups and downs obviously and frustrating times. I know that's the beauty and the struggle.
Quote examples
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
British Statesman
A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humors and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child; but he neither consults them about, nor trusts them with, serious matters.
Quote examples
Michel de Montaigne
French Philosopher
There is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not grieve me to have produced alone, and that I have no one to tell it to.
Quote examples
Ato Essandoh
American Actor
Jason Bourne is supposed to be really sneaky and spry, but as soon as he walks by, everybody pulls out their cell phones and starts recording. That level of fame is wild to see.
Quote examples
Pedro Calderon de la Barca
Spanish Dramatist
These flowers, which were splendid and sprightly, waking in the dawn of the morning, in the evening will be a pitiful frivolity, sleeping in the cold night's arms.
Quote examples
Hugh Grant
English Actor
I think I'm rather young and sprightly, but then you see pictures of yourself and think, 'Who is that old man?' and I realise I'm not as young as I thought I was.
Quote examples
Robert Culp
American Actor
Spry is not a look, spry is behavior.
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