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glowing

English

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /??lo???/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??l????/
  • Rhymes: -????

Verb

glowing

  1. present participle of glow

Noun

glowing (plural glowings)

  1. The action of the verb glow.

Adjective

glowing (comparative more glowing, superlative most glowing)

  1. That glows or glow.
    glowing embers
  2. (figuratively) Full of praise.
    He received glowing references from his previous employers.

Translations

Anagrams

  • gowling

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sprightly

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /?sp?a?tli/
  • Hyphenation: spright?ly

Etymology 1

From spright +? -ly (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘behaving like, having the nature of’). Spright is an obsolete variant of sprite (a shade, spirit; elf, fairy, goblin; apparition, ghost), from Middle English sprit (principle of life; soul, especially at the point of death; immaterial being (angel, demon, apparition, ghost, etc.); divine inspiration; Holy Spirit; the mind, intellect, reason; mental faculties, senses; power of prophecy; character, disposition; courage, resolution; mood, state of mind; human will; breath; (alchemy) volatile substance) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman esprite, esprit and Middle French esprit, variants of Anglo-Norman, Middle French, Old French espirit, esperit (spirit), from Latin sp?ritus (air; breath; breathing; ghost, spirit), from sp?r? (to breathe; to breathe out, exhale) (from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys- (to blow; to breathe)) + -tus (suffix forming action nouns from verbs).

Adjective

sprightly (comparative sprightlier, superlative sprightliest)

  1. Animated, gay, or vivacious; lively, spirited.
    Synonyms: energetic, high-spirited, (chiefly Australia, US) spright
    Antonym: melancholy
  2. Of a person: full of life and vigour, especially with a light and springy step.
    Synonyms: active, dynamic, mettlesome, vivacious
    1. Especially of an older person: energetic and in good health; spry.
  3. (obsolete, rare) Of or relating to a sprite; ghostly, spectral.
Alternative forms
  • sprightlie (obsolete)
  • spritely
Derived terms
  • spright (adjective) (chiefly Australia, US)
  • sprightle (English Midlands, Northern Ireland, rare)
  • sprightlily
  • sprightliness
Related terms
  • sprightful
  • sprightless (rare)
  • sprightness (rare)
Translations

Etymology 2

From spright +? -ly (suffix forming adverbs from adjectives).; see further at etymology 1.

Adverb

sprightly (comparative sprightlier, superlative sprightliest)

  1. In a lively and vigorous way; sprightlily.
Derived terms
  • sprightlily
Translations

References

Anagrams

  • triglyphs

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