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The pleasure of his “Horseplay” comes principally from the spruceness of his rhythm and the way he makes each phrase feel brim full.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2013
To the curious glances of certain of his neighbors who had never before seen the Chief Inspector otherwise than a model of cleanliness and spruceness he was indifferent.
From Dope by Sax Rohmer
Betimes the next morning the basha appeared, both driver and guard got up in a fine dark-green uniform, a spruceness it much tickled our vanity to mark.
From Noto: an Unexplained Corner of Japan by Percival Lowell
At least he learned the drill and the regulations and how to keep out of the guardhouse—except just after pay day; and his lank figure took on a certain military spruceness.
From Short Stories of the New America Interpreting the America of this age to high school boys and girls by Various
Even her new spruceness was a comparatively recent manifestation.
From Coquette by Frank Swinnerton
