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ˈspiritedly, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a spirited or lively manner; with spirit, animation, or vivacity.
1785J. Phillips Treat. Inland Nav. p. x, The horses..contribute more spiritedly to the sport or pleasure of their possessors. 1799Coleridge Lett. (1895) I. 313 ‘Christabel,’ were it..finished as spiritedly as it commences [etc.]. 1813T. Faulkner Fulham 88 This monument is very spiritedly executed. 1832Blackw. Mag. XXXI. 374 Henry..spiritedly refused his brother's counsel. 1861L. L. Noble Icebergs 31 We were moving spiritedly forward over a bright and lively sea.
b. Qualifying adjs. and ppl. adjs.
1780Young Tour Irel. II. xvii. 75 Lazy to an excess at work, but so spiritedly active at play. 1812Examiner 25 May 328/1 A very spiritedly drawn and classical background. 1886Ruskin Præterita I. xii. 425 Spiritedly curling and projecting dark hair. |