See sprightly in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "And ſhou’d Apollo now deſcend and write, / In Vertue’s Praiſe ’twou’d never paſs for Wit. / The Bookſeller perhaps wou’d ſay, / ’Twas well: / But ’Twou’d not hit the Times, ’Twou’d never Sell: / Unlesſs a Spice of Lewdneſs cou’d appear, / The ſprightly part wou’d ſtill be wanting there. / [...] / ’Tis Love and Honour muſt enrich our Verſe, / The Modern Terms, our Whoring to rehearſe. / The ſprightly part attends the God of Wine, / The Drunken Stile muſt blaze in every Line.",
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"text": "[B]y the Path-way green, / A ſprightlie Troupe ſtill onward heedleſſe ſped, / In Chace of Butterflies alert and keen; / Honours, and Wealth, and Powre, their Butterflies I ween.",
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"text": "The Bard now tries a ſprightlier ſound, / When all the feather'd race around / Perceive the varied ſtrains; / The ſoaring lark the note purſues; / The timorous dove around him cooes, / And Philomel complains.",
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"text": "Methinkes it was aboutt this Date that a ſore Afflicſhon befelle my deare and formerlie merrie Siſter, the Ladye Herbert, whom my Reder will beſte recollecte as my Ladye Mother's beſte beloved Childe, the happie, ſprightlie Katie of oure School-den Daies.",
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[
"life",
"life"
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[
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"vigour"
],
[
"light",
"light#Adjective"
],
[
"springy",
"springy"
],
[
"step",
"step#Noun"
]
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"word": "active"
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{
"word": "dynamic"
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{
"word": "mettlesome"
},
{
"word": "vivacious"
}
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"Of a person: full of life and vigour, especially with a light and springy step.",
"Especially of an older person: energetic and in good health; spry."
],
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"person",
"person"
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"life",
"life"
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"springy",
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[
"old",
"old"
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[
"energetic",
"energetic"
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[
"good",
"good#Adjective"
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[
"health",
"health"
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[
"spry",
"spry"
]
],
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{
"word": "dynamic"
},
{
"word": "mettlesome"
},
{
"word": "vivacious"
}
]
},
{
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"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with rare senses"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene v], page 398, column 2:",
"text": "[...] As I ſlept, me thought / Great Iupiter vpon his Eagle back'd / Appear'd to me, with other ſprightly ſhewes / Of mine owne Kindred.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"Of or relating to a sprite; ghostly, spectral."
],
"links": [
[
"sprite",
"sprite"
],
[
"ghostly",
"ghostly"
],
[
"spectral",
"spectral"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete, rare) Of or relating to a sprite; ghostly, spectral."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈspɹaɪtli/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
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},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪtli"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "sprightlie"
},
{
"word": "spritely"
}
],
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{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "dajir",
"sense": "animated, gay, or vivacious — see also lively",
"word": "دَجِر"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vesel",
"sense": "animated, gay, or vivacious — see also lively",
"word": "весел"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "oživen",
"sense": "animated, gay, or vivacious — see also lively",
"word": "оживен"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "animated, gay, or vivacious — see also lively",
"word": "čilý"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "animated, gay, or vivacious — see also lively",
"word": "animé"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "animated, gay, or vivacious — see also lively",
"word": "beoga"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "animated, gay, or vivacious — see also lively",
"word": "breabhsánta"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "animated, gay, or vivacious — see also lively",
"word": "éirimiúil"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "animated, gay, or vivacious — see also lively",
"word": "vegetus"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "animated, gay, or vivacious — see also lively",
"word": "spirgts"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "animated, gay, or vivacious — see also lively",
"word": "možs"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "animated, gay, or vivacious — see also lively",
"word": "mundrs"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "animated, gay, or vivacious — see also lively",
"word": "ņiprs"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "animated, gay, or vivacious — see also lively",
"word": "žirgts"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "animated, gay, or vivacious — see also lively",
"word": "ngākau hihiko"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "animated, gay, or vivacious — see also lively",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "živahan"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "animated, gay, or vivacious — see also lively",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "čio"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "dajir",
"sense": "of a person: full of life and vigour",
"word": "دَجِر"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "živ",
"sense": "of a person: full of life and vigour",
"word": "жив"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "energičen",
"sense": "of a person: full of life and vigour",
"word": "енергичен"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "of a person: full of life and vigour",
"word": "čilý"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "of a person: full of life and vigour",
"word": "čiperný"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of a person: full of life and vigour",
"word": "vif"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of a person: full of life and vigour",
"word": "beoga"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of a person: full of life and vigour",
"word": "breabhsánta"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of a person: full of life and vigour",
"word": "éirimiúil"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "of a person: full of life and vigour",
"word": "vivace"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "tıŋ",
"sense": "of a person: full of life and vigour",
"word": "тың"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "of a person: full of life and vigour",
"word": "ngangahu"
},
{
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "of a person: full of life and vigour",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "of a person: full of life and vigour",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "čio"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of a person: full of life and vigour",
"word": "vigoroso"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "energičen",
"sense": "especially of an older person: energetic and in good health",
"word": "енергичен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "mladežki",
"sense": "especially of an older person: energetic and in good health",
"word": "младежки"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "especially of an older person: energetic and in good health",
"word": "čilý"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "especially of an older person: energetic and in good health",
"word": "čiperný"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "especially of an older person: energetic and in good health",
"word": "breabhsánta"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "especially of an older person: energetic and in good health",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "čio"
}
],
"word": "sprightly"
}
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial)",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/aɪtli",
"Rhymes:English/aɪtli/2 syllables",
"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"en:Personality"
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{
"word": "sprightlily"
}
],
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},
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"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From spright + -ly (suffix forming adverbs from adjectives).; see further at etymology 1.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "sprightlier",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "sprightliest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
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"lang_code": "en",
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{
"glosses": [
"In a lively and vigorous way; sprightlily."
],
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"lively"
],
[
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"vigorous"
],
[
"way",
"way#Noun"
],
[
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"sprightlily"
]
]
}
],
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"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
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},
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"rhymes": "-aɪtli"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "oživeno",
"sense": "in a lively and vigorous way",
"word": "оживено"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "energično",
"sense": "in a lively and vigorous way",
"word": "енергично"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "in a lively and vigorous way",
"word": "vigoureusement"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "in a lively and vigorous way",
"word": "vigorosamente"
}
],
"word": "sprightly"
}
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