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- adjective Not
sprightly .
Etymologies
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un- + sprightly
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Examples
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"It partakes rather of the unsprightly than of the unsightly, of rigidness rather than of ugliness."
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It partakes rather of the unsprightly than of the unsightly, of
Laughter : an Essay on the Meaning of the Comic Henri Bergson 1900
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