spiritedness

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Noun
  • Brazilian photojournalists on either side, both women, hugged me in an eruption of ebullience in the Lumière.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Mamdani clearly knows how to communicate ebullience, a talent that is all the more potent for its scarcity in current political life.
    Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • What’s curious, then, is not Trump’s eagerness to degrade us, but his uncontrollable urge to defile himself and his office.
    Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Mel Brooks’ best comedy shares many similarities with his other revered films – a strong grip of genre beats, a non-stop barrage of gags yanking us forward, and an eagerness to give every performer a chance to comedically shine.
    Rory Doherty, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • During cocktail hour, Kors’ enthusiasm for the nonprofit continued to inspire support from potential new volunteers.
    Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Coleman also pushed back against the notion that enthusiasm for AI diminishes the value of human work.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Russell giggled, awed by her fellow-star’s vivacity, her easy embrace of glamour.
    Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Giovanni, for all his vivacity, all his passion, is revealed as the novel’s supreme instance of death-in-life.
    Garth Greenwell, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Pulling together these numbers is a task more important than ever in an industry in desperate need of some buoyancy, according to Wardle.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Japanese stocks surged after the country’s ruling party chose its next leader — and likely next prime minister — amid growing investor buoyancy over prospects for one of the world’s largest economies.
    Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • As Milchick, Tillman infused an unnerving cheerfulness into Lumon Industries’ macrodata refinement supervisor, a character who became increasingly central in Season 2.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Her vivacious attitude connects her with Aries (Stacey’s actual birthday is April 3) due to her fearlessness and cheerfulness in situations, no matter what is thrown at her.
    Lisa Stardust, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The pleasures of chewy textures are on better display in a shallow bowl of trofie, teeny-tiny handmade pasta twists cooked to a lovely springiness.
    Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Flicking not a result of fast actuation but of the natural compliance and springiness of the actuator.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 18 Feb. 2022
Noun
  • The talks signal keenness by both countries to maintain regular communication, The Wall Street Journal said.
    Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Farke himself commented on Gray’s keenness to be at the front of May’s title celebrations, despite having contributed only five minutes on the pitch for the senior side.
    Beren Cross, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2025
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“Spiritedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spiritedness. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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