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单词 sprightly
释义
sprightly
adjective
uk
/ˈspraɪt.li/us
/ˈspraɪt.li/
(especiallyofoldpeople)energeticand in goodhealth:
精力充沛的；（尤指老年人）老当益壮的，矍铄的
He's a sprightlyoldman of 75.他75岁了，是个精神矍铄的老人。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Energetic and lively
  • ablaze
  • alive
  • barnstorming
  • be alive and well/kickingidiom
  • be as fresh as a daisyidiom
  • be full of beansidiom
  • friskily
  • frisky
  • frolic
  • frolicsome
  • fury
  • go-getting
  • high-octane
  • refreshed
  • refreshingly
  • rejuvenate
  • rejuvenation
  • rumbustious
  • spark plug
  • vigorous
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Describing people who are old

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sprightliness
(Definition ofsprightlyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsprightly

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This is an excellent addition to a continuinglysprightlyand provocative series.
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The 14th century also saw the beginning of a new literature of travel insprightlyand informing travelogues.
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Music of a livelier disposition followed with much rhythmic figurations for cello accompanied bysprightlypizzicato, which ultimately led to a big tutti with a sweepingly romantic violin tune.
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He cannot have meant "young", and that makes me wonder whether he meantsprightly.
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Someone who is active andsprightlymay have little need for a large bedroom.
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It would be anomalous to reduce the normal retiring age to 70 but to permit a judge, however spry andsprightly, to continue after 75.
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Some people seem young and aresprightlyand very healthy at a remarkably old age; others deteriorate more quickly.
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He learns his lessons withsprightlyease, and he has not been long in presenting us with the proofs of his training.
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They are indeed asprightlypair who make most of us seem by comparison conventional, peaceful and elderly.
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Indeed, you look moresprightlythan many of the rest of us do.
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Just because people live longer, it does not mean that they aresprightlyto the end of their days.
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That came up very late at night, after midnight, whereas this time it has come up at the fairlysprightlyhour of half-past nine.
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Does the amendment cover a person who is 70 plus, not verysprightlybut who cannot claim to be disabled?
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Her conversation issprightlybut light in nature.
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The track is all triple-time drum programming andsprightlysynthesizer lead lines.
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