sprightly in English

adjective
1
(especially of an old person) lively; full of energy.
she was quite sprightly for her age

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1. She's very sprightly for her age.

2. A sprightly little warrior you are.

3. Judith is a sprightly young woman.

4. Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

5. Then he was so sprightly, so clean.

6. He's surprisingly sprightly for an old man.

7. Is your once sprightly PC now grinding slowly along?

8. As a sprightly comedy this show fills the bill.

9. She was as sprightly as a woman half her age.

10. She is as sprightly as a woman half her age .

11. What does Cavalier mean? A sprightly, military man; hence, a gallant

12. Some common synonyms of Animated are gay, lively, sprightly, and vivacious

13. Anne is a sprightly young woman who works in the local bookstore.

14. The patient smiled when he heard the sprightly music on the radio.

15. They have a sprightly air and a sly mischievous sense of humour.

16. Caper definition, to leap or skip about in a sprightly manner; prance; frisk; gambol

17. She is a sprightly married woman, hemmed in By an overwhelming sense of duty.

18. Caper definition, to leap or skip about in a sprightly manner; prance; frisk; gambol

19. I wrote this sprightly little one-acter only to test out my new paper shredder.

20. Growth in the first quarter of 2008 was sprightly 1 % on a year earlier.

21. So sprightly, in fact, that Lizzy swore that we were given back a new cat.

22. I never heard any one more sprightly than he was today, when he conversed with you.

23. Actually she had been more sprightly since Mr Paradise, the vet, operated on her thyroid.

24. This remedy had certainly done him no harm, for he was a sprightly eighty-year old.

25. Though it's an ancient art form, the aphorism is as sprightly and as apposite as ever.

26. 15 She was too sprightly to allow of their walking at a slow pace on her account.

27. 25 Though it's an ancient art form, the aphorism is as sprightly and as apposite as ever.

28. Bushtits are sprightly, social songbirds that twitter as they fly weakly between shrubs and thickets in western North America

29. 17 This is a sprightly, breezy wine with loads of vibrant fruit and spice and layers of complex flavor.

30. This is a sprightly, breezy wine with loads of vibrant fruit and spice and layers of complex flavor.

31. The singer has an even, rounded tone, an Apposite feeling for ornament and an ability to phrase with sprightly elegance

32. Bushtits are sprightly, social songbirds that twitter as they fly weakly between shrubs and thickets in western North America

33. 29 This is a sprightly, breezy wine with loads of vibrant fruit and spice and layers of complex flavor.

34. Although 83 he was still sprightly and his death from pneumonia following a short hospital stay came as a shock.

35. One need not be Ailurophilic to fancy this sprightly collaboration, which tells of a princess whose mother always decides what is best

36. We were extremely well looked after by Per Sorum, a sprightly 70-plus year old who had a beautiful house in Aasen.

37. Bells With a playful jingle and a sprightly character, Bells are always able to bring a little extra festive charm to your decor

38. The tune to which "Auld Lang Syne" is commonly sung is a pentatonic Scots folk melody, probably originally a sprightly dance in a much quicker tempo.

39. They are like streetcars running contentedly on their rails and they despise the sprightly flivver that dashes in and out of the traffic and speeds so jauntily across the open country.

40. I a): Melancholicus has a series of duple-metre Allegrettos, nearly always in the minor and filled with appropriately lugubrious sighing figures, while Sanguineus answers with sprightly, triple-metre Prestos in the major

41. ‘The four-part Chorale is presented first sans pedal in Movement I; Movement II is a sprightly voluntary in ABA form, which serves as the framework for an embellished version of the hymn tune in its midsection.’

42. Carefree, casual, lively, sparkling, sunny, informal, cheerful, animated, upbeat (informal), buoyant, airy, easy-going, genial, jaunty, chirpy (informal), sparky, sprightly, vivacious, debonair, blithe, free and easy, full of beans (informal), light, light-hearted his bright and Breezy personality

43. A leg mit übereinander geschlagenen Beinen cross-legged von einem Bein aufs andere treten to shift from one leg or foot to the other sich kaum auf den Beinen halten können to be hardly able to stay or stand on one's feet er ist noch gut auf den Beinen he's still sprightly schwach auf den Beinen sein to …