sprightliness
Buoyant, animated spirit
Sprightliness is lively, energetic quality—the brightness of spirit in someone's step or manner.
A child shows sprightliness bounding down stairs; an elderly person retains it through quick wit and animated conversation: Her sprightliness belied her eighty years.
The word suggests cheerful vigor rather than mere physical energy.
Animated, energetic quality
- animationTechnique creating movement illusion
- exuberanceLively, unrestrained enthusiasm
- effervescenceBubbling in liquid
- sparkleEmit flashing light
verve · brio · elan · buoyancy · ebullience · gaiety · merriment · jollity
Inclined to merriment
- playfulInclined toward fun
- whimsicalPlayfully fanciful or erratic
- jauntyLively and self-assured
- giddyDizzy or excitedly silly
blithe · chipper · perky · impish · mischievous · lighthearted · carefree · friskiness
liveliness
Animated, energetic quality
- animationTechnique creating movement illusion
- exuberanceLively, unrestrained enthusiasm
- effervescenceBubbling in liquid
sparkle · verve · brio · elan · buoyancy · ebullience · gaiety · merriment · jollity · vim
frolicsome
Inclined to merriment
giddy · blithe · chipper · perky · impish · mischievous · lighthearted · carefree · friskiness · sportiveness
bubbly
Fizzy or cheerfully animated
sparkling · spry · nimble · agile · springy · light-footed · quick · lively · fresh · energetic
- joyhappiness, gladness, joyfulness, elation, delight
- vitalityvitality, vigor, vim, verve, pep
- speedspeed, quickness, rate, velocity, pace
- excitementexcitement, enthusiasm, eagerness, exhilaration, thrill
- merrimentmirth, laugh, gaiety, merriment, chuckle
- positive feelingshappiness, joyfulness, cheerfulness, contentment, merriment
sprightlinesslethargy
Abnormal drowsiness and apathy
sluggishness · torpor · listlessness · languor · inactivity
sprightlinesslifelessness
Quality of having no animation
spiritlessness · dullness · vapidity · apathy · flatness
sprightlinesslifelessness
Quality of having no animation
spiritlessness · apathy · indolence · laziness · impassivity
spirit, inspire, spirited, spirits, spiritual, spiritless, sprite, sprightly, spirituality