spirited
adjective
having or showing mettle, courage, vigor, liveliness, etc..
spiritedness
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a word derived from
spirited.
Example Sentences
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He said then that the "most important thing to the people across my constituency" was "restoring a sense of moral probity and public spiritedness to our political system".
From BBC ● May 13, 2025
Christie might find an outlet for his spiritedness in the Republicans’ 2024 presidential competition.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2021
Swayze's tenacious, competitive nature and his zen-like good spiritedness were never more in force than near the end of his life.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2019
Egerton gives it his all, and if there’s one quality that’s most essential in an Elton John movie, it’s probably spiritedness.
From Washington Times ● May 17, 2019
The crowning glory of a nation is the independence and the spiritedness of its labor.
From The Ghost in the White House Some suggestions as to how a hundred million people (who are supposed in a vague, helpless way to haunt the white house) can mak by Gerald Stanley Lee
