Synonyms for sprightly
ˈspraɪt lispright·ly

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1. sprightly

   Active refers to both quickness and constancy of action; in the former sense it is allied with agile, alert, brisk, etc.; in the latter, with busy, diligent, industrious. The active love employment, the busy are actually employed, the diligent and the industrious are habitually busy. The restless are active from inability to keep quiet; their activity may be without purpose, or out of all proportion to the purpose contemplated. The officious are undesirably active in the affairs of others. Compare ALERT; ALIVE; MEDDLESOME.

   Synonyms:
   active, agile, alert, brisk, bustling, busy, diligent, energetic, expeditious, industrious, lively, mobile, nimble, officious, prompt, quick, ready, restless, spry, supple, vigorous, wide awake

   Antonyms:
   dull, heavy, idle, inactive, indolent, inert, lazy, quiescent, quiet, slow, sluggish, stupid

   Preposition:
   Active in work, in a cause; for an object, as for justice; with persons or instrumentalities; about something, as about other people's business.

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1. sprightly

   Synonyms:
   blithe, lively, gay, vivacious, alert, agile, brisk, animated

   Antonyms:
   sombre, dull, lifeless, sluggish, inanimate, heavy

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1. sprightlyadjective

   full of spirit and vitality

   "a sprightly young girl"; "a sprightly dance"

   Antonyms:
   spiritless

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1. sprightlyadjective

   Synonyms:
   lively, mercurial, animated, vigorous, vivacious, buoyant, brisk, active, alert, agile, blithe, blithesome, gay, airy, cheerful, joyous, frolicsome, buxom, debonair, pleasant

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1. sprightlyadjective

   Synonyms:
   lively, brisk, animated, debonair, vivacious, sportive, gay

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How to use sprightly in a sentence?

1. William Schaffner:

   Some of us in the scientific community here in the US have been a little surprised at the sprightly competitiveness of some of the comments from our colleagues at Oxford. We don't usually see that in public pronouncements, we've been grumpy with our national political leaders about providing inaccurate information, and we should hold scientific leaders to those same standards.

2. Omar Khayyam:

   By Fate full many a heart has been undone, And many a sprightly rose made woe-begone; Plume thee not on thy lusty youth and strength: Full many a bud is blasted ere its bloom.