SPRIGHTLINESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Animation and energy in action or expression

Example:

it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it

Synonyms:

life; liveliness; spirit; sprightliness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("sprightliness" is a kind of...):

animation; brio; invigoration; spiritedness; vivification (quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous)

Attribute:

lively (full of life and energy)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sprightliness"):

pertness (quality of being lively and confident)

airiness; delicacy (lightness in movement or manner)

alacrity; briskness; smartness (liveliness and eagerness)

energy; muscularity; vigor; vigour; vim (an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing))

elan (enthusiastic and assured vigor and liveliness)

esprit (liveliness of mind or spirit)

breeziness; jauntiness (a breezy liveliness)

buoyancy; irrepressibility (irrepressible liveliness and good spirit)

high-spiritedness (exuberant liveliness)

ebullience; enthusiasm; exuberance (overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval)

ginger; pep; peppiness (liveliness and energy)

Derivation:

sprightly (full of spirit and vitality)