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sprightly

adjective
🔊/ˈspraɪtli/
🔊/ˈspraɪtli/
(also less frequent spry)
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  1. (especially of older people尤指年长者) full of life and energy精力充沛的；精神矍铄的 synonym lively
    • a sprightly 80-year-old精神矍铄的 80 岁老人
    • She’s very sprightly for her age.她的年龄非常聪明。
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    Topics Life stagesc2, Personal qualitiesc2
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from spright (rare variant of sprite) + -ly.