in a spirited manner

"No!" said Borroughcliffe, musing; and then advancing with a quick step toward them, he cried, in a spirited manner: "Attention! right! dress!"

From The Pilot by James Fenimore Cooper

To the fire he replied in a spirited manner, but did little damage the first day.

From The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula by Herbert Brayley Collett

The different panels and the doors contain various allegorical groups of figures representing suitable subjects, and heraldic devices painted in a spirited manner.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various

On the 2nd, it appeared to me to be desirable to extend to the right of our position; which was effected in a spirited manner by the King's infantry.

From Some Account of the Public Life of the Late Lieutenant-General Sir George Prevost, Bart. Particularly of his Services in the Canadas, including a reply to the strictures on his Military Character, Contained in an Article in The Quareterly Review by E. B. Brenton

This was done in a spirited manner on the 21st November.

From Our Sailors Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign by William Henry Giles Kingston