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Sprightly vs Ebullient - What's the difference?

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Sprightly is a related term of ebullient.


As adjectives the difference between sprightly and ebullient

is that sprightly is animated, vivacious or gay; lively while ebullient is enthusiastic; high-spirited.

As an adverb sprightly

is in a lively and vigorous way.

sprightly

English

Adjective

(er)
  • animated, vivacious or gay; lively
  • full of life and vigor, especially with a light and springy step
  • (especially of old people) energetic and in good health

    • Antonyms

    * melancholy

    Adverb

    (er)
  • In a lively and vigorous way

    • Derived terms

    * sprightliness

    See also

    * lively * vigor * gay * vivacious

    Anagrams

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    ebullient

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • enthusiastic; high-spirited.
  • * Marina's oddly ebullient words seemed to come to her slow as balloons. - "Middle Age : A Romance" (2001) by (Fourth Estate, paperback edition, 233)
  • (of a liquid) boiling or agitated as if boiling

    • Synonyms

    * (l)