¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sprightlier
1. sprightly [adj] - See also: sprightly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sprightlier
Literary usage of Sprightlier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Prose and Verse from Beowulf to Stevenson by Henry Spackman Pancoast (1915)
"But O! how altered was its sprightlier tone, When cheerfulness, a nymph of
healthiest hue, Her buskins gemmed with morning dew, Her bow across her shoulder ..."
2. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"And the pale lily sprightlier charms receives : Garters to me shall glow inferior
far, And with less ... Yet Nature some for sprightlier joys design'd, ..."
3. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1891)
"... five to eight notes down on " oh," " altered," " sprightlier," and up as nmch
on "tone." (8) In monotone, every line lower and softer to the end. ..."
4. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1891)
"(• ) Run flve to eight notes down on " oh," " altered," " sprightlier," and up
as much on " tone. ..."
5. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1895)
"The sprightlier Infidel, as yet more gay, Fires off the next Ideas in his Way,—
The dry ... The sprightlier INFIDEL, &c. Ib. How many of their Trade. ..."
6. The Casket, a Miscellany, Consisting of Unpublished Poems by Cunningham (1829)
"With flaxen hair and bright blue eyes, A sprightlier fairy never smiled, And I
would fain some spell devise To keep my fairy still a child. ..."
7. The Poetical Works of A. Pope: Including His Translation of Homer , to which by Alexander Pope, Homer, Samuel Johnson (1836)
"Learn to live well, or fairly make your will ; You've play'd, and loved, and ate,
and drank your fill : Walk sober off, before a sprightlier age Comes ..."
Other Resources:
