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Definition of Sprightliness
1. Noun. Animation and energy in action or expression. "It was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it"
Generic synonyms: Animation, Brio, Invigoration, Spiritedness, Vivification
Specialized synonyms: Pertness, Airiness, Delicacy, Alacrity, Briskness, Smartness, Energy, Muscularity, Vigor, Vigour, Vim, Elan, Esprit, Breeziness, Jauntiness, Buoyancy, Irrepressibility, High-spiritedness, Ebullience, Enthusiasm, Exuberance, Ginger, Pep, Peppiness
Attributes: Lively
Derivative terms: Lively, Lively, Lively, Lively, Spirit, Spiritize, Sprightly
Definition of Sprightliness
1. n. The quality or state of being sprightly; liveliness; life; briskness; vigor; activity; gayety; vivacity.
Definition of Sprightliness
1. Noun. The property of being sprightly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sprightliness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sprightliness
Literary usage of Sprightliness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Early Diary of Frances Burney, 1768-1778: With a Selection from Her by Fanny Burney (1889)
"She did it with great ease, sprightliness, and propriety, and looked exceedingly
well.1 I am very glad, that she has succeeded in so ..."
2. A Journal of Travels in England, Holland and Scotland, and of Two Passages by Benjamin Silliman (1820)
"... country seats—Summer-houses—Holland a wonderful country —Leyden—Sprightliness
of a Dutch party iu the Trek Schuit— Haarlem—Dutch women. ..."
3. Memoirs of the Court of England During the Reign of the Stuarts: Including by John Heneage Jesse (1855)
"... England—Retires to Ratisbon—His Witty Letter to the Duke of Buckingham—The
German Widow—Sudden Death of Etherege —His Sprightliness and showy Person. ..."
4. The Life of Mrs. Jordan: Including Original Private Correspondence, and by James Boaden (1831)
"... her gown—Her performance in the Confederacy—Her Rosalind somewhat divides the
town— Whether the sprightliness or the sensibility should predominate ? ..."
5. Memoirs of Count Grammont by Anthony Hamilton (1809)
"gaiety and sprightliness, which diffused universal merriment wherever she went.
... sprightliness ..."
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