Adjective : a spirited defense of poetry.    From Dictionary.com. 

"We shall see about that," said Stella spiritedly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ted Strong in Montana With Lariat and Spur] Reference

"You listen to me, Wash!" demanded Emma spiritedly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders Among the Kentucky Mountaineers] Reference

He caught my eye on that spiritedly composed woodcut.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Arrow of Gold] Reference

DAY: To their devotion, the faithful stream spiritedly.    From Wordnik.com.  [NATURAE] Reference

"It was a very good parallel," she defended spiritedly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Then I'll Come Back to You] Reference

The horses were fresh again, and started off spiritedly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nan Sherwood at Rose Ranch] Reference

"I haven't admitted it yet," Gloriana retorted spiritedly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tabitha's Vacation] Reference

The mother turned a trifle resentful as she said spiritedly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference

“How much verification do you want?” she said spiritedly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Pillars of the Earth]

Theodore Martin has thus spiritedly translated the passage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference

"Oh, but I mustn't make you worry this way," he said spiritedly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Moving Picture Girls Snowbound Or, The Proof on the Film] Reference

I confess that, rather mean-spiritedly, my favourite bit was this.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference

When they got back to the car, Dr. Gamble was talking spiritedly with.    From Wordnik.com.  [That Sweet Little Old Lady] Reference

The father replied spiritedly, and he seemed to be addressing himself to.    From Wordnik.com.  [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference

“Oh, I am not afraid of you or your accomplice,” she answered spiritedly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lair of the White Worm] Reference

"I did not seek to have the Kumari tradition abolished," she says spiritedly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Kumari - From the Other Side] Reference

"I was about to do so when you so rudely interrupted me," I replied spiritedly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Curse of the Pharaohs]

"No," the other said, spiritedly, nobly proof against the magnitude of the bribe.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference

He had not slept a wink on the way down from Altoona, and he told his story spiritedly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin] Reference

‘I have nothing to be ashamed of,’ began Mitya spiritedly, with a toss of his head.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Sportsman's Sketches] Reference

"And it looks very much like hanging not to attempt it," she answered a little spiritedly.    From Wordnik.com.  [CHAPTER 28] Reference

"Why, because they're the very nicest things in the world, of course," she replied spiritedly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Miss Pat at School] Reference

"Oh, Amy, don't!" cried Grace, clapping her hands to her ears, while Betty continued spiritedly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Outdoor Girls at the Hostess House Or, doing their best for the soldiers] Reference

She and Laine bargained spiritedly for some time, and eventually arrived at a price they both liked.    From Wordnik.com.  [Elephant in the City] Reference

The firing now became brisk on our side, and the rebels replied spiritedly with their twelve-pounders.    From Wordnik.com.  [Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865] Reference

‘You seem, Sir, to fancy that I have no right to choose for myself,’ said Miss Rachel, spiritedly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wylder's Hand] Reference

Cowperwood recognized the mood, trifled with her spiritedly, looked into her eyes, and found the response he wanted.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Titan] Reference

I rang off and counted the small stack of coins I had left, and public-spiritedly spent them on the Newmarket police.    From Wordnik.com.  [Twice shy]

Even booksellers do their spiriting more gently for good fare, and bid for an author the most spiritedly after dinner.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 351, January 10, 1829] Reference

"I don't see what right --" Betty was beginning spiritedly when she caught Mollie's eye and ended in a little helpless laugh.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Outdoor Girls at Bluff Point Or a Wreck and a Rescue] Reference

She looked down into her coffee; then, thinking that silence would incriminate her, she said spiritedly, "Because I needed the credit.".    From Wordnik.com.  [A Kiss Remembered]

'But I think there's little chance of that,' he continued more spiritedly, 'unless our young friend can activate the mechanism once again.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tar Aiym Krang]

Even Professor Leonard smiled at the racket that ensued when Marjorie made a clever throw to basket after spiritedly dodging her opponents.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore] Reference

However, the participants spiritedly competed with each other in various competitions.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hindu - Front Page] Reference