Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Sprightly

Sprightly (-ly) , adjective

[See Sprite.]

Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance.
Sprightly wit and love inspires. — Dryden
The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. — Pope