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81Cheerfulness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Cheerfulness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 cheerfulness cheerfulness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 geniality geniality gayety l allegro cheer good humor spirits Sgm: N 1 high spirits high spirits animal spirits …
82spry — 1746, dialectal, perhaps a shortening and alteration of SPRIGHTLY (Cf. sprightly), or from a Scandinavian source (Cf. O.N. sprækr, dialectal Swed. sprygg brisk, active ), from P.Gmc. *sprek , from PIE * (s)preg to jerk, scatter (see SPARSE (Cf.… …
83sportive — a. 1. Gay, frohcsome, playful, lively, merry, gamesome, sprightly, frisky, tricksy, rollicking, hilarious, wanton, buxom, prankish, full of play, full of fun. 2. Jocose, jocular, waggish, humorous, comic, ludicrous, frolicsome, playful, gamesome …
84lively — [līv′lē] adj. livelier, liveliest [ME liflich < OE liflic: see LIFE & LY1] 1. full of life; active; vigorous 2. full of spirit; exciting; animated [a lively debate] 3. showing or inspiring liveliness; cheerful …
85Active — Ac tive, a. [F. actif, L. activus, fr. agere to act.] 1. Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; opposed to {passive}, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the mind.… …
86Active capital — Active Ac tive, a. [F. actif, L. activus, fr. agere to act.] 1. Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; opposed to {passive}, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the… …
87Active wealth — Active Ac tive, a. [F. actif, L. activus, fr. agere to act.] 1. Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; opposed to {passive}, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the… …
88Airy — Air y, a. 1. Consisting of air; as, an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies. [1913 Webster] 2. Relating or belonging to air; high in air; a[ e]rial; as, an airy flight. The airy region. Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. Open to a free current of air; …
89Aleger — Al e*ger, a. [F. all[ e]gre, earlier al[ e]gre, fr. L. alacer.] Gay; cheerful; sprightly. [Obs.] Bacon. [1913 Webster] …
90Alive — A*live , a. [OE. on live, AS. on l[=i]fe in life; l[=i]fe being dat. of l[=i]f life. See {Life}, and cf. {Live}, a.] 1. Having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a state in which the organs perform their functions; as, an animal or a… …
