Definition of Sprightful

1. a. Full of spirit or of life; earnest; vivacious; lively; brisk; nimble; gay.

Definition of Sprightful

1. Adjective. sprightly; spirited; lively; animated ¹

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Definition of Sprightful

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sprightful

sprezzaturas
sprier
spriest
sprig
sprig tail
sprigged
sprigger
spriggers
spriggier
spriggiest
sprigging
spriggite
spriggy
spright
sprighted
sprightful (current term)
sprightfully
sprightfulness
sprightless
sprightlier
sprightliest
sprightliness
sprightlinesses
sprightly
sprights
sprigs
sprigtail
sprigtails
spring-beetle

Literary usage of Sprightful

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dramatic Works by John Ford (1811)
"Sweet Colona, fair Colona, young and sprightful' lady, do not let me, in the best of my youth, ... 1 sprightful,'] ie Full of spirits, lively, quick. ..."

2. A Dictionary: English and Burmese by Charles Lane (1841)
"sprightful, a. Spring, vn to proceed as from seed, to issue forth, to leap, jump, ... sprightful, a. Sprout, vn Sprout, *. 93 Sprouts, s. of cabbage, &c. ..."

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