sprightly

Animated, gay, or vivacious; lively, spirited.

Next vnto lumpish Saturn, sprightlie Iove / Moves in his orbe.

And ſhou’d Apollo novv deſcend and vvrite, / In Vertue’s Praiſe ’tvvou’d never paſs for Wit. / The Bookſeller perhaps vvou’d ſay, / ’Tvvas vvell: / But ’Tvvou’d not hit the Times, ’Tvvou’d never Sell: / Unleſs a Spice of Levvdneſs cou’d appear, / The ſprightly part vvou’d ſtill be vvanting there. / […] / ’Tis Love and Honour muſt enrich our Verſe, / The Modern Terms, our VVhoring to rehearſe. / The ſprightly part attends the God of VVine, / The Drunken Stile muſt blaze in every Line.

Of a person: full of life and vigour, especially with a light and springy step.

Shall our example ſloth create, / And make our Sons degenerate? / Our ſprightly youth uſeleſs in War become, / And ſleep in peace and ſlavery at home.

This youth was ance a sprightlie boy / As ever lived in Linne.

Of a person: full of life and vigour, especially with a light and springy step.

Of or relating to a sprite; ghostly, spectral.

[…] As I ſlept, me thought / Great Iupiter vpon his Eagle back'd / Appear'd to me, with other ſprightly ſhewes / Of mine owne Kindred.

In a lively and vigorous way; sprightlily.