spirited
Americanadjective
adjective
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displaying animation, vigour, or liveliness
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(in combination) characterized by mood, temper, or disposition as specified
high-spirited
public-spirited
Other Word Forms
- nonspirited adjective
- nonspiritedly adverb
- nonspiritedness noun
- quasi-spirited adjective
- quasi-spiritedly adverb
- spiritedly adverb
- spiritedness noun
- unspirited adjective
- unspiritedly adverb
Etymology
Origin of spirited
Example Sentences
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Los Angeles is the baseball king for a second consecutive season, outlasting the relentlessly spirited Toronto Blue Jays in a seven-game classic.
A woman behind me quietly sobbed as she sang and clapped along to the more spirited songs.
From BBC
Its agents in 1960 had kidnapped Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina and spirited him back to Israel for trial.
Energetically, we’re both very spirited people and we had a blast in the studio.
From Los Angeles Times
In San Bernardino, there “were people camping outside the mortuary,” Ayloush said, so the bodies had to be spirited out a back exit.
From Los Angeles Times
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