spiritedness

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Recent Examples of spiritedness This is a year for ensuring that your personal style reflects your spiritedness, heart, and creative eye. Maressa Brown, InStyle, 9 Jan. 2026 Alvarez took to this culture of free-spiritedness. E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spiritedness
Noun
  • Becky, who Brewer portrays as a fading cheerleader with an ebullience that turns sinister in a snap, refuses to take the hint after Max tries to drop her after a night on the town.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Nicholas Mongiardo-Cooper’s Beadle Bamford, the judge’s henchman, has a malicious ebullience all his own.
    Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • That grip is reinforced by a litany of electronic nannies, all of which translate to an assuring sense of control and eagerness to discover more of the Valhalla’s powerfully balletic nature.
    Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Gutiérrez worries that Trump’s eagerness for a trophy that has evaded 12 Democratic and Republican presidents could get the better of him.
    Joshua Goodman, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • On the heels of this enthusiasm, Manus, on March 5, 2025, released an AI tool that took the tech to the next level, from generating ideas to autonomously completing tasks.
    Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Oliver, a New York Times bestselling author who previously worked with Henry Winkler on the Hank Zipzer series, was moved by Hawn's enthusiasm.
    Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Javier Ignacio is both soothing and snippy as the Beast’s confidante Cogsworth, a clock, while Cameron Monroe Thomas adds vivacity to the dour castle as the feather duster Babette.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Foxx — whose extensive auditions for the role included a piano session with Charles himself — brought vivacity to an otherwise standard biopic chronicling the singer's tumultuous life.
    Devan Coggan, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The two are so silly, so loopily in synch, that the scene, which occurs halfway through the second act, lifts the entire show, giving it a buoyancy that has been lacking during its exposition-heavy beginning.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The stock market’s buoyancy can be pinned to relief about the ceasefire, the pullback in oil prices, strong forecasts for earnings season and a recent rebound in tech stocks.
    John Towfighi, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Half critic, half concierge, Edwards’ round-ups are generally distinguished by a cheerfulness.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
  • As a teen-ager listening to folk music in London pubs, I’d been attracted to the instrument’s nimble, tinkling cheerfulness, its being on the margins, not too demanding, perhaps.
    Tim Parks, New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The researchers, however, did not find meaningful improvements in post-exercise muscle recovery, soreness or tendon mechanical properties (strength, springiness and stretch resistance).
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Alongside the proteins, the crunch of the egg roll and springiness of the noodles made the bowl texturally playful.
    Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 27 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The keenness of my letdown was dismaying.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The talks signal keenness by both countries to maintain regular communication, The Wall Street Journal said.
    Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2025

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“Spiritedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spiritedness. Accessed 3 May. 2026.

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