Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
full of spirit and vitality;
- Example: "a sprightly young girl"- Example: "a sprightly dance"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sprightly \Spright"ly\ (-l[y^]), a. [Compar. Sprightlier
(-l[i^]*[~e]r); 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.
[1913 Webster]
The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sprightly
adj 1: full of spirit and vitality; "a sprightly young girl"; "a
sprightly dance"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
100 Moby Thesaurus words for "sprightly":
Attic, active, activist, activistic, agile, alert, alive, animate,
animated, antic, biting, bouncing, bouncy, breezy, brilliant,
brisk, bubbly, capersome, cheerful, chipper, clever, coltish,
droll, ebullient, effervescent, energetic, exuberant, facetious,
featly, fleet, frisky, frolicsome, full of beans, full of go,
full of life, full of pep, funny, gamesome, gay, good, graceful,
hearty, humorous, humorsome, jaunty, jesting, jocose, jocular,
joking, joky, joshing, keen, keen-witted, light, light-footed,
live, lively, mercurial, militant, mordant, neat-fingered,
neat-handed, nimble, nimble-footed, nimble-witted, peart, peppy,
perky, pert, playful, pointed, pungent, quick-witted, quicksilver,
rapier-like, rollicking, rollicksome, rompish, salt, salty,
scintillating, sharp, skittish, smacking, smart, snappy, spanking,
sparkling, spirited, sportive, spry, sure-footed, vital, vivacious,
volant, whimsical, witty, zestful, zingy, zippy