Definition of Spritely

1. Adjective. Of or relating to a sprite. ¹

2. Adjective. Sprightly ¹

3. Adverb. In a manner reminiscent of a sprite. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Spritely

1. lively [adj SPRITELIER, SPRITELIEST] - See also: lively

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spritely

sprinkling
sprinklings
sprinkly
sprint
sprinted
sprinter
sprinters
sprinting
sprints
sprit
sprite
sprite halo
spriteful
spritelike
spritely (current term)
spriter
spriters
sprites
spriting
sprits
spritsail
spritsails
spritz
spritzed
spritzer
spritzers
spritzes
spritzig
spritzigs

Literary usage of Spritely

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Rhymes with Reason & Without by Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber (1853)
"A spritely REVENGE. TENDER-hearted, list my ditty ! Hear the tale of love I tell, Tune your harps to notes of pity, Let your sighs responsive swell. ..."

2. Some Account of the English Stage: From the Restoration in 1660 to 1830 by John Genest (1832)
"spritely—they both wish to get rid of the contract—the Colonel ... spritely as her nephew—the old people tear the contract—but on finding that Capt. ..."

3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1846)
"Their private ratiocinations are of course simple enough : " There are Smart and spritely—understood to make a capital thing by that magazine of theirs ..."

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