sprightly

The current Senate Democratic leader, Chuck Schumer, is a sprightly 74.

Joni Mitchell’s sprightly “Ladies of the Canyon” album gave way to the melancholy “Blue.”

Eventually, the movement realized that using the old instruments in sprightly, imaginative and contemporary ways instead made the music sound newly vital, and even more so when the staging was startlingly up to date.

As a spoof of melodrama, it is sprightly, crisply executed and untaxingly entertaining.

At least Stokes was able to get through three sprightly spells across the match, including bowling the first over on Saturday.