'sprightly' is a correct and usable word in written English.
It is an adjective that means lively, energetic, or full of spirit. It can be used to describe a person, animal, or even an inanimate object. Example: The sprightly old man was always the life of the party, dancing and laughing with the younger guests. In this sentence, 'sprightly' is used to describe the man's lively and energetic demeanor, despite his age.
She had remained sprightly throughout, recalling how they "scampered down over the stones after the manner of the goats... clearing the ground at a famous speed" to get down the valley.
He was on sprightly form, explaining to two young eurosceptics why a) the NHS would collapse without immigrants rather because of them and b) how Britain can only tackle the big issues of the day, namely global climate change and international terrorism, by being a member of the EU.
I used the mat during the first few weeks of fatherhood – a time when I should have been in a zombified stupor – and I surprised myself with how sprightly I felt.
However, in the end Zelmerlöw's sprightly high-energy rock-pop number Heroes triumphed, by 365 points to 303.
A sprightly 62, he leaps from his chair, scarf round his neck, laughing infectiously.
Here, though, Cook was far more sprightly, cracking the odd joke, playfully chiding one reporter and generally giving the impression of a cricketer in a far more settled state.
Referencing WG Sebald's Austerlitz, Marquand – who is now a sprightly 80 – portrays modern Britain as a country gripped by a deep amnesia, populated by people who "no longer know where they come from or who they are".
Fauja is the oldest of the four, a sprightly 98 but, as I interview him, with the help of his trainer-cum-mentor-cum-manager-cum-friend and, for today, translator, Harmander Singh, he exudes a boyish charm that makes you forget he's close to 100.
It will come as no surprise to anyone that I'm no longer a sprightly, young 20-something.
This week, that's included a sprightly Christmas album recorded in 1956 by US organist Richard Ellsasser and an enormously evocative series of festive 78s made in the 1930s by American children's entertainer Ireene Wicker.
The Fund thought that rising energy costs would take their toll in 2005, but predicted growth at a still sprightly 4.3%.See articleRussia's government sold its 7.6% stake in Lukoil, Russia's second-largest oil company, to ConocoPhillips for a little under $2 billion.
