прилагательное · редкое

sprightly

spright·ly

sprightly · sprightlier · sprightliest

активный, деятельный, действительный

активний, діяльний, дійсний

flott, spritzig

Animated, gay, or vivaciousAnimated, gay, or vivacious; lively, spirited.

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/ˈspɹaɪtli/

» This old guy is still sprightly.

Значение

значений: 4

Animated, gay, or vivacious; lively, spirited.
spritzig, flott
Of a person: full of life and vigour, especially with a light and springy step.
Of a person: full of life and vigour, especially with a light and springy step.
Especially of an older person: energetic and in good health; spry.
(устаревшее, редкое)Of or relating to a sprite; ghostly, spectral.

Ещё определения

full of spirit and vitality

Примеры

предложений: 3

This old guy is still sprightly.
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Our best player is a real sprightly fellow.
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My grandad has very painful knees, but he's still really sprightly.
deMein Großvater hat starke Knieschmerzen, dennoch ist er äußerst rüstig.
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Переводы

языков: 4

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animated, gay, or vivacious — see also lively:

Происхождение

From spright + -ly (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘behaving like, having the na

From spright + -ly (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘behaving like, having the nature of’). Spright is an obsolete variant of sprite (“a shade, spirit; elf, fairy, goblin; apparition, ghost”), from Middle English sprit (“principle of life; soul, especially at the point of death; immaterial being (angel, demon, apparition, ghost, etc.); divine inspiration; Holy Spirit; the mind, intellect, reason; mental faculties, senses; power of prophecy; character, disposition; courage, resolution; mood, state of mind; human will; breath; (alchemy) volatile substance”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman esprite, esprit and Middle French esprit, variants of Anglo-Norman, Middle French, Old French espirit, esperit (“spirit”), from Latin spīritus (“air; breath; breathing; ghost, spirit”), from spīrō (“to breathe; to breathe out, exhale”) (from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys- (“to blow; to breathe”)) + -tus (“suffix forming verbal nouns from verbs”).

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