adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a sprightly collection of songs
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Actually she had been more sprightly since Mr Paradise, the vet, operated on her thyroid.
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Anne is a sprightly young woman who works in the local bookstore.
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So sprightly , in fact, that Lizzy swore that we were given back a new cat.
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There is, for instance, the inevitable saucy servant girl, played in sprightly fashion by Suzanne Bouchard.
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They have a sprightly air and a sly mischievous sense of humour.
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This is a sprightly , breezy wine with loads of vibrant fruit and spice and layers of complex flavor.
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This remedy had certainly done him no harm, for he was a sprightly eighty-year old.
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We were extremely well looked after by Per Sorum, a sprightly 70-plus year old who had a beautiful house in Aasen.