spriteliness
Buoyant, animated quality
Spriteliness is the quality of being lively, energetic, and light in movement or spirit.
The word suggests nimble vitality—someone with spriteliness moves or acts with quick, buoyant energy: Despite her age, she retained a remarkable spriteliness.
The term derives from sprite, evoking the airy quickness of mythical spirits.
Ease of quick movement
- agilityQuickness and ease
- lightnessMinimal weight or gravity
- quicknessState of being fast
- livelinessAnimated, energetic quality
bounciness · springiness · peppiness · jauntiness · briskness · spryness · deftness · suppleness
Active physical strength
- vitalityCapacity for spirited existence
- freshnessState of being unspoiled
- juvenilityState of being young
- youngnessState of being young
youthfulness · rejuvenation · spryness · robustness · vim · bounce · pep · get-up-and-go
State of bright spirits
- vivacityAnimated spirit or energy
- buoyancyFluid's upward resistance
- effervescenceBubbling in liquid
- perkinessLively, cheerful spirit
sparkle · ebullience · playfulness · merriment · animation · exuberance · zest · enthusiasm
nimbleness
Ease of quick movement
liveliness · bounciness · springiness · peppiness · jauntiness · briskness · spryness · deftness · suppleness · light-footedness
vigor
Active physical strength
- vitalityCapacity for spirited existence
- freshnessState of being unspoiled
- juvenilityState of being young
youngness · youthfulness · rejuvenation · spryness · robustness · vim · bounce · pep · get-up-and-go · spiritedness
cheerfulness
State of bright spirits
- vivacityAnimated spirit or energy
- buoyancyFluid's upward resistance
- effervescenceBubbling in liquid
perkiness · sparkle · ebullience · playfulness · merriment · animation · exuberance · zest · enthusiasm · joyfulness
spritelinesssluggishness
State of slow movement
lethargy · torpor · listlessness · languor · inertia
spritelinessmoroseness
Ill-tempered gloominess
melancholy · glumness · sullenness · dreariness · dejection
sprite, spritely, sprightliness, sprightly, spirit, spirits, spirited, spiritual, spirituality