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SPRIGHTLINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Animation and energy in action or expression
Example:
it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it
Synonyms:
life; liveliness; spirit; sprightliness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("sprightliness" is a kind of...):
animation; brio; invigoration; spiritedness; vivification (quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous)
Attribute:
lively (full of life and energy)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sprightliness"):
pertness (quality of being lively and confident)
airiness; delicacy (lightness in movement or manner)
alacrity; briskness; smartness (liveliness and eagerness)
energy; muscularity; vigor; vigour; vim (an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing))
elan (enthusiastic and assured vigor and liveliness)
esprit (liveliness of mind or spirit)
breeziness; jauntiness (a breezy liveliness)
buoyancy; irrepressibility (irrepressible liveliness and good spirit)
high-spiritedness (exuberant liveliness)
ebullience; enthusiasm; exuberance (overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval)
ginger; pep; peppiness (liveliness and energy)
Derivation:
sprightly (full of spirit and vitality)
