allegro

adverb

Definition of allegronext
as in sprightly

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for allegro
  1. sprightly
  2. lively
  3. buoyantly
  4. briskly
  5. airily
  6. crisply
  7. animatedly
Adverb
  • Slock was clearly the most sprightly of the trio, taking the Côte de Domme KOM, the intermediate sprint and the Côte du Buisson-de-Cadouin KOM as the day unfolded.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 11 July 2026
  • At 93, sprightly referee Frank Foster is still brandishing red and yellow cards and running the field three times a week for his local soccer association.
    — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
Definition of sprightly
Adverb
  • Order a bottle of César wine – a lively dry white produced for the sister hotel in Lanzarote and only available through this collection of hotels.
    — Jonathan Samuels, TheWeek, 17 July 2026
  • One day, a young Jonah — lively as ever — jumped knee-first onto his father’s lap, in the wheelchair.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 21 June 2026
Definition of lively
Adverb
  • The song's interplay between choir and orchestra is buoyantly euphoric, opening a door to bolder, more intentionally progressive and soulful sounds in the country's mainstream.
    — Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 May 2025
Definition of buoyantly
Adverb
  • Smith Galer briskly gives us many reasons to accept the premise.
    — Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • Prosecutor Joel Seidemann strode briskly up the length of the courtroom’s center aisle with an accordion file under one arm and a line of eight younger colleagues rushing to keep up.
    — Laura Italiano, NBC news, 20 July 2026
Definition of briskly
Adverb
  • Still, while these surfaces are clearly meant to reflect deeper emotional and cultural truths, Coppola’s mining of them is done glancingly, airily.
    — Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2026
Definition of airily
Adverb
  • Sometimes the footage is blurred, as if Zidane is briefly underwater; other times it’s crisply focused.
    — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 11 July 2026
  • Zufferey holds the body of the robot while its wings flap up and down crisply and quickly.
    — Ari Daniel, NPR, 9 July 2026
Definition of crisply
Adverb
  • Alqasimi speaks animatedly about Alfred Hitchcock’s framing techniques in midcentury films like Rear Window and Rope, and the idea of withholding a complete view in order to sustain curiosity.
    — Mona Basharat, Architectural Digest, 25 June 2026
  • Last season Hustus handled more than 16,000 lobsters all while chatting animatedly with visitors from around the world—and often introducing them to their first tastes of lobster.
    — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026
Definition of animatedly
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“Allegro.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allegro. Accessed 23 Jul. 2026.

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