sprightliness

noun

sprightliness

noun

Etymology From sprightly + -ness.

1

Usually The property of being sprightly.

‘Nothing’s the matter, bless you, Master Davy dear!’ she answered, assuming an air of sprightliness.1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC:

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