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unsprightly

unsprightly adjective: not sprightly.

Adjective

unsprightly (not comparable)

  1. Not sprightly.

Origin of unsprightly

From un- + sprightly.

Questions about unsprightly

What does unsprightly mean?
Unsprightly means not sprightly.
What part of speech is unsprightly?
Unsprightly is an adjective.

Words near unsprightly in the dictionary

  1. unspread
  2. unspreadable
  3. unspreading
  4. unspreads
  5. unsprightliness
  6. unsprightly
  7. unspring
  8. unspringed
  9. unspringing
  10. unspringlike
  11. unsprings

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