Sprightliness
121sprightly — spright|ly [ˈspraıtli] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: sprite] an old person who is sprightly is still active and full of energy used to show approval >sprightliness n [U] …
122clever — [13] Clever is rather a mystery word. There is one isolated instance of what appears to be the word in an early 13th century bestiary, where it means ‘dextrous’, and the connotations of ‘clutching something’ have led to speculation that it may be …
123esprit — es·prit || espriË n. lively wit, sprightliness …
124poetry — It is a commonly acknowledged truism that reading and writing poetry are both valued and difficult exercises. Poetry has an important cultural position because it is often manifestly difficult, made so by the apparent obscurity of its… …
125poetry in the 1970s — The 1970s mark a point of transition in poetry. In 1974, Philip Larkin published his last collection of poems, High Windows. The poets, mainly men, whose work had been published for twenty or thirty years or even more, continued to be… …
126sprightly — (also spritely) adjective (sprightlier, sprightliest) (especially of an old person) lively; energetic. Derivatives sprightliness noun Origin C16: from spright (rare var. of sprite) + ly1 …
127activity — n. 1. Action, exercise, mode of action, mode of exercise. 2. Alertness, agility, nimbleness, smartness, briskness, sprightliness, spryness, etc. See active, 3. 3. Intensity, energy, strength, force, power, vigor. 4. Enterprise, efficiency, alert… …
128agility — n. Liveliness, nimbleness, briskness, smartness, activity, quickness, readiness, promptness, promptitude, alertness, sprightliness, suppleness …
