Definition: sprightly

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

sprightly
     adj : full of spirit and vitality; "a sprightly young girl"; "a
           sprightly dance"

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Sprightly \Spright"ly\, a. [Compar. Sprightlier; superl.
   Sprightliest.] [See Sprite.]
   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.