sprightly+fancy
21William Shakespeare by Edmund Malone — ▪ Primary Source The following document is one of several portraits presented in Edmund Malone s Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the English Stage (1800). In addition to a general examination of the origins of theatre in… …
22gay — 1. adjective /ɡeɪ,ɡeɪ/ a) Happy, joyful, and lively. Never was there a more copious fancy or greater reach of wit than what appears in Dr. Donne; nothing can be more gallant or genteel than the poems of Mr. Waller; nothing more gay or sprightly… …
23brilliant — Synonyms and related words: Attic, Daedalian, able, accomplished, adept, adroit, apt, artistic, authoritative, beaming, beautiful, bedazzling, biting, blinding, blooming, brainy, bravura, bright, bright and shining, bright hued, brim, brink,… …
24clever — Synonyms and related words: Attic, Daedalian, Machiavellian, Machiavellic, able, acute, adept, adroit, agile, alert, all around, amusing, apt, arch, artful, artistic, astute, authoritative, biting, brainy, bravura, bright, brilliant, cagey, canny …
25graceful — Synonyms and related words: Attic, Ciceronian, Daedalian, accommodating, adept, adroit, aesthetic, aesthetically appealing, affable, agile, agreeable, apt, artistic, attentive, attractive, authoritative, beauteous, beautiful, bravura, brilliant,… …
26dance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Motion to music Nouns 1. dance, dancing; ball, formal, tea dance, thé dansant, cotillion, promenade, dinner dance; masquerade, masked ball, bal masqué, fancy dress ball. Informal, drag, hop, prom, mixer …
27wit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Cleverness Nouns 1. wit, wittiness; Atticism; salt; sense of humor, funny bone, esprit, point, fancy, whim, humor, drollery, pleasantry; comedy; jocularity, jocosity, jocoseness; levity, facetiousness;… …
28Wit — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Wit >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 wit wit humor wittiness Sgm: N 1 attic wit attic wit attic salt Sgm: N 1 atticism atticism Sgm: N 1 salt salt esprit point …
29jaunty — adj 1. bouncy, buoyant, brisk, sprightly, lively, frisky, pert, Inf. chipper, Inf. in fine fettle; easy, relaxed, effortless, elastic, free, free and easy; gay, cheerful, light hearted, blithe; jolly, jovial, merry, joyful, eager. 2. smart,… …
30sally — I. /ˈsæli / (say salee) noun (plural sallies) 1. a sortie of troops from a besieged place upon an enemy. 2. a sudden rushing forth or activity. 3. an excursion or expedition. 4. an outburst or flight of passion, fancy, etc.: sally of anger. 5. a… …
