"sprightliness" meaning in English

See sprightliness in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: sprightlinesses [plural]
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  1. The property of being sprightly. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (the property of being sprightly): пъргавина (pǎrgavina) [feminine] (Bulgarian), fjör [neuter] (Icelandic), beogacht [feminine] (Irish), bíogúlacht [feminine] (Irish), breabhsántacht [feminine] (Irish), éirimiúlacht [feminine] (Irish), 활발 (hwalbal) (Korean), vioiciune [feminine] (Romanian), жи́вость (žívostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), бо́дрость (bódrostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), sunnd [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), neşe (Turkish)

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