Cheerful, lively, active, nimble.

Bold, brisk, courageous, hearty, lusty, lively, hale. The Scottish sense leans to ‘Lively, merry, brisk’; cf. Jamieson, who compares ‘cant men’…

In somewhat high or lively spirits; vivacious; pert, brisk, lively, jolly.

Alert; lively, sprightly; cheerful. In later use also English regional and U.S. regional (esp. in form peart): in good health or spirits, as…

Vigorous or lively; spirited. Cf. spirity, adj. 1 sprightly, adj.

Lively; cheerful.

Of a person: full of spirit, energy, or vitality; mettlesome; active, dynamic; vivacious. Now esp. (of an older person): physically vigorous; spry.

figurative. Expressing, evoking, or characterized by joy, happiness, or prosperity; cheering; bright; (of a person or a person's temperament)…

Of a person: that displays a cheerful, companionable, or animated personality or demeanour; friendly; vivacious; upbeat.

Full of life or animation, lively.

Sportive, playful. Obsolete.

Cheerful, lively, gladsome; esp. in Scottish manifesting gladness and cheerfulness; in north of England rather = lively, brisk, active. of persons.

Lively, spirited; sprightly.

‘Lively, cheerful, in good spirits’ (Webster).

Originally North American. Cheerful and lively; chirpy.

Given to chirrup; lively, cheery; cheerfully chatty.

transferred. Sparkling, excited; cheerful, vivacious.

Given to chirping; cheerful, lively, merry, hilarious. (Cf. chirp, v. 3.)

figurative. Fresh, airy; characterized by brisk vigour or activity; lively, jovial.

Somewhat cyclonic (figurative).