sprightly | (adj) มีชีวิตชีวา, See also: ร่าเริง, สนุกสนาน, เบิกบาน, Syn. animated, vivacious, lively, spry | sprightly | (adv) อย่างมีชีวิตชีวา, See also: อย่างร่าเริง, อย่างสนุกสนาน, อย่างเบิกบาน, Syn. lively, spryly, vigorously |
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| sprightly | (สไพร'ทฺลี) adj., adv. สนุกสนาน, มีชีวิตชีวา, ร่าเริง, แคล่วคล่อง, ว่องไว., See also: sprightliness n., Syn. animated, lively, spry, cheerful, energetic |
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| sprightly | (adj) ร่าเริง, สนุกสนาน, มีชีวิตชีวา, คล่องแคล่ว |
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| | | | | Spright | n. [ See Sprite. ] 1. Spirit; mind; soul; state of mind; mood. [ Obs. ] “The high heroic spright.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ] Wondrous great grief groweth in my spright. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A supernatural being; a spirit; a shade; an apparition; a ghost. Syn. -- sprite. [ 1913 Webster ] Forth he called, out of deep darkness dread, Legions of sprights. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ] To thee, O Father, Son, and Sacred Spright. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. A kind of short arrow. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ] | Spright | v. t. To haunt, as a spright. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] | Sprightful | a. [ Spright sprite + full. ] Full of spirit or of life; spirited; earnest; vivacious; lively; brisk; nimble; gay. [ Obs. ] -- Spright"ful*ly, adv. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] -- Spright"ful*ness, n. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Spoke like a sprightful noble gentleman. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] Steeds sprightful as the light. Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ] | Sprightless | a. Destitute of life; dull; sluggish. [ 1913 Webster ] | Sprightliness | n. The quality or state of being sprightly; liveliness; life; briskness; vigor; activity; gayety; vivacity. [ 1913 Webster ] In dreams, observe with what a sprightliness and alacrity does she [ the soul ] exert herself! Addison. [ 1913 Webster ] | Sprightly | a. [ Compar. Sprightlier 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 ] |
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