Spirited vs Sprightly - What's the difference?
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(spirit)
Lively, vigorous, animated or courageous.
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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
In a lively and vigorous way
Spirited is a related term of sprightly.
As adjectives the difference between spirited and sprightly
is that spirited is lively, vigorous, animated or courageous while sprightly is animated, vivacious or gay; lively.As a verb spirited
is (spirit).As an adverb sprightly is
in a lively and vigorous way.spirited
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Verb
(head)Derived terms
* free-spirited * low-spirited * high-spirited * mean-spiritedAdjective
(en adjective)Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
- Remarkably United’s 10 men almost salvaged an improbable draw during a late, spirited challenge. They showed great competitive courage in that period and there were chances for Robin van Persie, Ángel Di María and Marouane Fellaini to punish City for defending too deeply and not being more clinical with their opportunities at the other end.
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