sprightly

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈspɹaɪtli/
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• rhymes with -aɪtli
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• CMU ARPABET: S P R AY1 T L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From spright + -ly (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘behaving like, having the nature of’). Spright is an obsolete variant of sprite (“a shade, spirit; elf, fairy, goblin; apparition, ghost”), from Middle English sprit (“principle of life; soul, especially at the point of death; immaterial being (angel, demon, apparition, ghost, etc.); divine inspiration; Holy Spirit; the mind, intellect, reason; mental faculties, senses; power of prophecy; character, disposition; courage, resolution; mood, state of mind; human will; breath; (alchemy) volatile substance”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman esprite, esprit and Middle French esprit, variants of Anglo-Norman, Middle French, Old French espirit, esperit (“spirit”), from Latin spīritus (“air; breath; breathing; ghost, spirit”), from spīrō (“to breathe; to breathe out, exhale”) (from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys- (“to blow; to breathe”)) + -tus (“suffix forming verbal nouns from verbs”).

From spright + -ly (suffix forming adverbs from adjectives).; see further at etymology 1.

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: دَجِر (dajir) — animated, gay, or vivacious — see also lively
• Bulgarian: весел (vesel) — animated, gay, or vivacious — see also lively
• Bulgarian: оживен (oživen) — animated, gay, or vivacious — see also lively
• Czech: čilý — animated, gay, or vivacious — see also lively
• French: animé — animated, gay, or vivacious — see also lively
• German: spritzig — animated, gay, or vivacious — see also lively
• German: flott — animated, gay, or vivacious — see also lively
• Irish: beoga — animated, gay, or vivacious — see also lively
• Irish: breabhsánta — animated, gay, or vivacious — see also lively
• Irish: éirimiúil — animated, gay, or vivacious — see also lively
• Latin: vegetus — animated, gay, or vivacious — see also lively
• Latvian: spirgts — animated, gay, or vivacious — see also lively
• Latvian: možs — animated, gay, or vivacious — see also lively
• Latvian: mundrs — animated, gay, or vivacious — see also lively
• Latvian: ņiprs — animated, gay, or vivacious — see also lively
• Latvian: žirgts — animated, gay, or vivacious — see also lively
• Māori: ngākau hihiko — animated, gay, or vivacious — see also lively
• Serbo-Croatian: živahan — animated, gay, or vivacious — see also lively
• Serbo-Croatian: čio — animated, gay, or vivacious — see also lively
• Ottoman Turkish: دینج (dinc) — animated, gay, or vivacious — see also lively
• Arabic: دَجِر (dajir) — of a person: full of life and vigour
• Bulgarian: жив (živ) — of a person: full of life and vigour
• Bulgarian: енергичен (energičen) — of a person: full of life and vigour
• Czech: čilý — of a person: full of life and vigour
• Czech: čiperný — of a person: full of life and vigour
• French: vif — of a person: full of life and vigour
• Irish: beoga — of a person: full of life and vigour
• Irish: breabhsánta — of a person: full of life and vigour
• Irish: éirimiúil — of a person: full of life and vigour
• Italian: vivace — of a person: full of life and vigour
• Kyrgyz: тың (tıŋ) — of a person: full of life and vigour
• Māori: ngangahu — of a person: full of life and vigour
• Serbo-Croatian: živahan — of a person: full of life and vigour
• Serbo-Croatian: čio — of a person: full of life and vigour
• Spanish: vigoroso — of a person: full of life and vigour
• Ottoman Turkish: دینج (dinc) — of a person: full of life and vigour
• Bulgarian: енергичен (energičen) — especially of an older person: energetic and in good health
• Bulgarian: младежки (mladežki) — especially of an older person: energetic and in good health
• Czech: čilý — especially of an older person: energetic and in good health
• Czech: čiperný — especially of an older person: energetic and in good health
• Irish: breabhsánta — especially of an older person: energetic and in good health
• Serbo-Croatian: čio — especially of an older person: energetic and in good health
• Bulgarian: оживено (oživeno) — in a lively and vigorous way
• Bulgarian: енергично (energično) — in a lively and vigorous way
• French: vigoureusement — in a lively and vigorous way
• Italian: vigorosamente — in a lively and vigorous way