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  • adjective comparative form of sprightly: more sprightly

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Examples

  • It takes more than slightly sprightlier websites to change these attitudes.

    Alan Siegel: Uncle Sam Built it, but No One Came: Why Government Can't Communicate Alan Siegel 2010

  • While, sprightlier still, the jolly Jumper squalls;

    The Age Reviewed 2010

  • Incidentally, Lenten austerities have pared half a stone from my bulk – undetectable to the naked eye, but I feel sprightlier.

    Jean's Knitting Jean 2009

  • In an interview backstage after his address, the diminutive archbishop appeared even sprightlier and more eccentric than he did at a distance.

    The African in Him 2009

  • Incidentally, Lenten austerities have pared half a stone from my bulk – undetectable to the naked eye, but I feel sprightlier.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Jean 2009

  • In an interview backstage after his address, the diminutive archbishop appeared even sprightlier and more eccentric than he did at a distance.

    The African in Him 2009

  • Rashid, though 50, feels sprightlier with each of his infant son Luka ' s milestones, and when he spoke for the first time — well!

    A Return to the Land of Rushdie Meghan Cox Gurdon 2010

  • Coriander, cayenne, and fresh sage give this salad some oomph; try the minty Indian-tinged variation for a sprightlier version.

    The Food Matters Cookbook Mark Bittman 2010

  • Every night, the moment the young ladies have retired to rest, does Miss Twinkleton smarten up her curls a little, brighten up her eyes a little, and become a sprightlier Miss Twinkleton than the young ladies have ever seen.

    The Mystery of Edwin Drood 2007

  • In a trial run the previous day, a sprightlier vessel from the Egyptian navy had run aground.

    Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

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