Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sprightliness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sprightliness \Spright"li*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being sprightly; liveliness; life;
briskness; vigor; activity; gayety; vivacity.
In dreams, observe with what a sprightliness and
alacrity does she [the soul] exert herself! --Addison.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sprightliness
n : animation and energy in action or expression; "it was a
heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to
it" [syn: {liveliness}, {life}, {spirit}]
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