Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Sprightliness; vigor; animation.
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- noun rare The quality of being
sprightful
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Examples
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Take a taste of the sprightfulness of his Muse, out of his _Poly-Olbion_, speaking of his native County _Warwickshire_.
The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets (1687) William Winstanley
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Hon'ble _Mr Punch_, that he smiled with fatherly benignity at my humble request that he should offer myself as a regular poorly-paid contributor, I blessed my stars and was as if to jump over the moon for jubilation and sprightfulness.
Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. F. Anstey 1895
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If he would not sometimes leave the _r_ out of sprightfulness;
The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell 1855
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Take a taste of the sprightfulness of his Muse, out of his
The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets Winstanley, William, 1628?-1698 1687
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