sprightliness
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]sprightliness (usually uncountable, plural sprightlinesses)
- The property of being sprightly.
- 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC:
- ‘Nothing’s the matter, bless you, Master Davy dear!’ she answered, assuming an air of sprightliness.
Translations
[edit]the property of being sprightly