LekhoriLekhoriAnimated, gay, or vivacious; lively, spirited.
Next vnto lumpish Saturn, sprightlie Iove / Moves in his orbe.
Of a person: full of life and vigour, especially with a light and springy step.
Shall our example ſloth create, / And make our Sons degenerate? / Our ſprightly youth uſeleſs in War become, / And ſleep in peace and ſlavery at home.
Of or relating to a sprite; ghostly, spectral.
[…] As I ſlept, me thought / Great Iupiter vpon his Eagle back'd / Appear'd to me, with other ſprightly ſhewes / Of mine owne Kindred.
In a lively and vigorous way; sprightlily.
From spright + -ly (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘behaving like, having the nature of’). Spright is an obsolete variant of sprite (“a shade, spirit; elf, fairy, goblin; apparition, ghost”)...
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