sprightly

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Teenage star Yamal underwhelmed in last week's defeat by Real Madrid after coming back from a groin issue, but looked more sprightly against Elche.

From Barron's • Nov. 2, 2025

Conductor Corrado Rovaris led a sprightly, transparent performance, full of Rossinian sparkle and verve, and the solo musicians, particularly the flutist, were as vivid and idiomatic as the singers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 1, 2025

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

From Salon • Aug. 9, 2025

When he resumed on 77 out of England's 544-7, Stokes looked sprightly in pinching a single in the first over of the day, beating Anshul Kamboj's direct hit from mid-on.

From BBC • Jul. 26, 2025

If he liked the majestic, she was the very type of majesty: then she was accomplished, sprightly.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë