sprightliness
- noun
- /ˈspraɪtlinəs/
:
vivacidad
- Her sprightliness during the dance performance brought joy to the audience, filling the room with energy.
Examples
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Some obeyed the guards' commands with exaggerated sprightliness, the old ladies giving their skirts a whirl as they turned in their flat-heeled shoes.
Fiction book (2000) -
The children's sprightliness was evident as they ran around the playground, laughing and playing games.
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He has the sprightliness of his half-goat nature.
Academic text (1998) -
He was thrilled to be the star and made a confident if unlikely Peter Pan, his performance a little lumbering and leaden, not a lot of boyish sprightliness.
Fiction book (2001) -
Despite her age, she maintained a remarkable sprightliness, charming everyone with her lively conversations.
Synonyms
822
3.1
A person's mood or energy, often lively and positive
344
2.0
Energy that makes something feel active or interesting
3
3.4
A feeling of energy and excitement that makes people active
3
5.6
A quality of being lively and full of energy
2
4.5
A feeling of energy and strong interest in the world
1
4.4
A happy, lively mood that makes people smile
A lively energy and quick movement
A feeling that something is full of life and energy
A joyful energy that makes people want to move or dance
A quality of moving quickly and with energy
A cheerful, carefree feeling that makes life seem easier
Antonyms
How Lively
Surface Forms
Morphology
sprightliness = sprightly (transparent) = spright + ly + ness
Formed by adding the productive noun-forming suffix '-ness' to the adjective 'sprightly', yielding a straightforward nominalization.
Etymology
Sprightliness comes from the old word spright, which meant 'spirit' or a small, lively being and is related to the modern word sprite. So, sprightliness means 'liveliness' or lively energy in the way someone moves or acts.