sprightliness meaning

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sprightliness (noun): animation and energy in action or expression.

Definition of sprightliness

  1. animation and energy in action or expression
    • it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it

    Synonyms: liveliness, life, spirit

    Type of: animation

    Kinds: pertness, airiness, alacrity, energy, elan, esprit, breeziness, irrepressibility, high-spiritedness, exuberance, pep

    Related forms: sprightly

Word lists: words starting with SP · words ending in SS · 13-letter words

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