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Spritely vs Gamesome - What's the difference?

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Spritely is a synonym of gamesome.


As adjectives the difference between spritely and gamesome

is that spritely is of or relating to a sprite while gamesome is full of sport; playful.

As an adverb spritely

is in a manner reminiscent of a sprite.

spritely

English

Etymology 1

From .

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or relating to a sprite.
  • Sprightly

    • Etymology 2

    From .

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a manner reminiscent of a sprite.

    • Anagrams

    *

    gamesome

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Full of sport; playful
  • * {{quote-book, year=1862, author=, title=Poems, chapter=Persephone, edition= citation
    • , passage=She stepped upon Sicilian grass, / Demeter's daughter, fresh and fair, / A child of light, a radiant lass, / And gamesome as the morning air. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1915, author=Richard Le Gallienne, title=Vanishing Roads and Other Essays, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Yet it was some time before Teddy would admit him into anything like what one might call intimacy, and premature attempts at gamesome familiarity were checked by the gathering thunder of a lazy growl that unmistakably bade the youngster keep his place. }}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2001, date=January 26, author=Erik Piepenburg, title=Rosencratz and Guildenstern are Dead, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=Tom Stoppard secured his place on the theatrical map in 1967 with this wordy curiosity, a highly philosophical but stage-smart play crafted by a gamesome wordsmith enamored of the power of language. }}

    Synonyms

    * frisky * playful * spritely

    Derived terms

    * gamesomely * gamesomeness