sprightliness

English

Etymology

From sprightly +‎ -ness.

Noun

sprightliness (usually uncountable, plural sprightlinesses)

1. The property of being sprightly.
   • 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC:

     ‘Nothing’s the matter, bless you, Master Davy dear!’ she answered, assuming an air of sprightliness.

Translations

the property of being sprightly

• Bulgarian: пъргавина (bg) f (pǎrgavina)
• Icelandic: fjör n
• Irish: beogacht f, bíogúlacht f, breabhsántacht f, éirimiúlacht f
• Korean: 활발 (ko) (hwalbal)
• Romanian: vioiciune (ro) f
• Russian: жи́вость (ru) f (žívostʹ), бо́дрость (ru) f (bódrostʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: sunnd m
• Turkish: neşe (tr)