sprightliness

noun

Definition of sprightlinessnext
as in vigorousness
the quality or state of having abundant or intense activity the sprightliness of the young girl made us tired just watching her

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  1. brightness
  2. exuberance
  3. vitality
  4. animation
Noun
  • Corsair says the monitor can hit 350 nits of brightness.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Ambient lighting can help set the mood, create a comfortable brightness level, and provide visibility throughout a large space.
    Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of brightness
Noun
  • The captaincy tag had appeared to shake him from a foul mood that has festered as the series has worn on exacerbated by the youthful exuberance of brash upstart Sam Konstas, who has really gotten under his skin.
    Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
  • The fragile, almost brittle treble of the guitar and the exuberance of the drums don’t obscure the misery of this line but, rather, reflect and transmute it.
    Mitch Therieau, The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of exuberance
Noun
  • Cleveland ranks among the nation's worst-performing big cities in terms of economic vitality, but improvements could be on the way.
    Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
  • As education continues to shape urban vitality, moving to one of these education-rich cities can offer academic and professional opportunities to set your child up for success in the Ivy League college admissions process.
    Christopher Rim, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of vitality
Noun
  • To show the robot in action, Honda then screened a short video that showed a driver speaking intimately with the Her-like system that lives inside her electric car, with the chatbot embodied by a Siri-like animation on the dash.
    Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Weekend picks Netflix Check out what NPR is watching, reading and listening to this weekend: 🍿 Movies: Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl is the latest film in the stop-motion animation series.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of animation
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