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Webster 1913 Edition

(-ly̆)

Adj.

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Com

par.

Sprightlier

(-lĭ-ẽr)

;

sup

erl.

Sprightliest

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Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay;

as, a

sprightly

youth; a

sprightly

air; a

sprightly

dance.

“Sprightly wit and love inspires.”

Dryden.

The

sprightly

Sylvia trips along the green.

Pope.

Adj.

Lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance.

The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green.

And sprightly wit and love inspires.