sprightly

Modifying Another Word

• quite: For something that is meant to be dead, the language of Cicero is quite sprightly.
• very: The RX 400h is very sprightly for a two-ton milk float, posting better acceleration times than a standard Alfa GT.
• still: They are old timers of course but still sprightly and Shelley's voice is still good, and so distinctive.
• surprisingly: I had a great weekend and I feel surprisingly sprightly for a Monday, which is always a bonus.
• so: I get up in the morning and I don't feel achy all over and I'm so sprightly.
• rather: Many people dislike the slight bitterness of endive, but others consider it rather sprightly.

Used with adjective complement

• feel: I had a great weekend and I feel surprisingly sprightly for a Monday, which is always a bonus.
• look: By the end of the season they were beginning to look far more sprightly on their visits.

Modifies a noun

• performance: A-Series engine in the Maestro and Montego, mated to the Volkswagen gearbox delivered sprightly performance.
• tune: The English Dance ( 2:49 ) - a sprightly 13th century dance tune, probably played on the fiddle originally.
• pensioner: The sprightly pensioner who lives at Ardenslate Crescent, Dunoon, celebrated her birthday on Wednesday.
• contribution: But they do number among the most sprightly contributions to the genre.
• character: We were all a bit awe struck by him and his story, he was such a sprightly character.
• age: Indeed, Robertson Hare made his television debut in the series at the sprightly age of 75.