I had a great weekend and I feel surprisingly sprightly for a Monday, which is always a bonus. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
A sprightly young girl. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
By this time I had my black wardrobe more or less together, and had learned not to say, “Well, hi there!” in sprightly tones. From Wordnik.com. [margaret atwood | waterstone’s poetry lecture « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground] Reference
It was all "sprightly" -- that was Murray's tone -- but also it was cordial; and it referred to Thyrsis 'earlier novel, "The Hearer of Truth", as "that brilliant piece of work". From Wordnik.com. [Love's Pilgrimage] Reference
Peter Manso: erm, I was using "sprightly" as a compliment - as in, "energetic" etc. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?] Reference
Small but vital: She hasn't thrown a shoe at me yet for calling her "sprightly," but maybe she should. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-12-01] Reference
Known for her "sprightly" comedies, Centlivre published a total of 19 plays in her lifetime, including The Busy Body (1709) and The. From Wordnik.com. [Editorial Notes to 'Letter to the Women of England'] Reference
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. From Wordnik.com. [Charles North reads “The Daffodils” by William Wordsworth] Reference
With "artisanal olive oils" as its focal point, the guide says this "sprightly". From Wordnik.com. [NY1 - Top Stories] Reference
Are you not more refined, more sprightly, than they?. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Bernardo Bertolucci's most sprightly, poetic movie in years. From Wordnik.com. [Critical Mass] Reference
James returned his gaze with a sprightly gleam in his eye. From Wordnik.com. [The Kiss] Reference
And at a sprightly 87-years-old, he's still swinging like mad. From Wordnik.com. [Jazzman Gerald Wilson, Still Enjoying His 'Time'] Reference
The dialogue for the most part is well sustained and sprightly. From Wordnik.com. [The Bride] Reference
The costume represented a sprightly officer of the Royal Nassau hussars. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
How did he make this version of the MGs sound so sprightly and slyly funky?. From Wordnik.com. [New Albums By Booker T. And Allen Toussaint] Reference
I was becoming rather sprightly for one who was so soon to pass off this deserted stage. From Wordnik.com. [Daybreak; a Romance of an Old World] Reference
People want to wake up to sprightly baroque or classical, not to John Cage or Alban Berg. From Wordnik.com. [Classical Music at a Crossroads] Reference
There are times when only bubbles are sprightly enough to capture and celebrate a moment. From Wordnik.com. [Wine: Burst the bubble] Reference
Elizabeth looked up from a tiny dress which she was mending carefully, and said in sprightly tones. From Wordnik.com. [The Lilac Lady] Reference
They must both have the same sprightly youth, the like stature, and marry when equal and able-bodied. From Wordnik.com. [Tacitus on Germany] Reference
Was not Bettina all sprightly and joyous when, on the 14th of June, they took the train for Longueval?. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
A minute or two of sprightly and bombastic music comes before the entire character of the piece changes. From Wordnik.com. [Edward Elgar, Britain's Musical Icon, Turns 150] Reference
As your cheeks begin to sag, for example, the area around your eyes may remain young and sprightly looking. From Wordnik.com. [Mapping the Face] Reference
Peace was so sulky, -- not at all her sprightly, cheerful self, -- and Allee felt out of sorts in sympathy. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of Gold] Reference
There is residing near Murfreesboro a Secession family consisting of a rebel widow and four sprightly daughters. From Wordnik.com. [Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive] Reference
Connections to AOL's New York x2 number are typically 50K, fast enough to pull Web pages down at a sprightly clip. From Wordnik.com. [Faster, But By How Much?] Reference
The 240-horsepower in a relatively lightweight van produced really sprightly performance, even on the steep hills. From Wordnik.com. [The Man Who Could Have Founded Tesla] Reference
She was at first unwilling to take part in the sprightly conversation; but some words of it attracted her attention. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Look at that little sprightly fellow, how restless he is; in what curious attitudes he puts himself on yonder branch. From Wordnik.com. [Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children] Reference
Mrs. Gray had been in California with her brother since September, and the girls greatly missed the sprightly old lady. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School] Reference
He had been a sprightly, pretty boy; and my mother's aunt's husband, having no children of his own, offered to adopt him. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866] Reference
Nancy looked indignantly from the red-haired girl to her bridegroom who, in her eyes, was evidently still a sprightly youth. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Cumberlands] Reference
So I will enter Fenway Park with a sprightly step for what, in the Red Sox eternal quest, passes for a season of renewed hope. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: Will Baseball Make It Through 2002?] Reference
I had never met Stephanie, but we arrived at her house to balloons, a welcome note, bottle of wine and some very sprightly cats. From Wordnik.com. [Karen Dalton-Beninato: Martha's Vineyard: Notes On a Five-Year New Orleans Evacuation] Reference
Greg Ip, one of the country's top economics writers, has a new book out that is a sprightly guide to important economic concepts. From Wordnik.com. [Economic events for the week of Sept. 13, 2010] Reference
Her floor exercise -- to the crowd-pleasing music of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy -- is a delightful mix of the sprightly and the powerful. From Wordnik.com. [CARLY & CO.] Reference
To teach the children to recognize their bird neighbours, to love them for their beauty, and sweet songs, and their sprightly ways. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
But beneath the sheet metal lies the underpinnings of Honda's sprightly Civic sedan, which creates an entirely new driving sensation. From Wordnik.com. [Meet The Sport Utility Lite] Reference
It's full of music -- with sprightly jigs giving way to stormy modernism -- but rarely does a character step forward and sing a solo. From Wordnik.com. [Theater: 'Ring' a Ding Ding] Reference
Caroline, so courtly and sprightly, so graceful and amiable, that one is tempted to exclaim: "Bless the painter! what a genius he had!". From Wordnik.com. [Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses] Reference
That's magnificent play from Chelsea, who after weathering five minutes of sprightly shenanigans from the home side, responded superbly. From Wordnik.com. [MSK Zilina v Chelsea - as it happened] Reference
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