Sprightly

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

sprightly
    adj 1: full of spirit and vitality; "a sprightly young girl"; "a
           sprightly dance"

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Sprightly \Spright"ly\ (-l[y^]), a. [Compar. {Sprightlier}
   (-l[i^]*[~e]r); superl. {Sprightliest}.] [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.
   [1913 Webster]

         The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. --Pope.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

100 Moby Thesaurus words for "sprightly":
      Attic, active, activist, activistic, agile, alert, alive, animate,
      animated, antic, biting, bouncing, bouncy, breezy, brilliant,
      brisk, bubbly, capersome, cheerful, chipper, clever, coltish,
      droll, ebullient, effervescent, energetic, exuberant, facetious,
      featly, fleet, frisky, frolicsome, full of beans, full of go,
      full of life, full of pep, funny, gamesome, gay, good, graceful,
      hearty, humorous, humorsome, jaunty, jesting, jocose, jocular,
      joking, joky, joshing, keen, keen-witted, light, light-footed,
      live, lively, mercurial, militant, mordant, neat-fingered,
      neat-handed, nimble, nimble-footed, nimble-witted, peart, peppy,
      perky, pert, playful, pointed, pungent, quick-witted, quicksilver,
      rapier-like, rollicking, rollicksome, rompish, salt, salty,
      scintillating, sharp, skittish, smacking, smart, snappy, spanking,
      sparkling, spirited, sportive, spry, sure-footed, vital, vivacious,
      volant, whimsical, witty, zestful, zingy, zippy