spiritedly

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So I settled on a very different riddle, one that my co-clerks and I had spent an earlier lunch hour spiritedly debating.

From Slate • Aug. 10, 2023

Rhythmically, spiritedly, pathetically and gayly, “The Broadway Melody” will make you believe it, even if you don’t.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2023

Sitting on an overstuffed maroon couch upstairs at the Armory, the pair batted around ideas, arguing affectionately but spiritedly, and dryly teasing each other.

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2021

It’s a hokey setup, but Duchovny is spiritedly determined to work through the various permutations of this man-and-Mammon tale.

From Washington Post • Jan. 28, 2021

The pony spiritedly enough; the lion, it must be confessed, looking, as wild beasts generally do when engaged in such performances, rather a fool.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, July, 1893 by Various