spiritedness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spiritedness
Noun
  • 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
  • Off-camera, Rosenthal’s characteristic ebullience is more cerebral than clownish.
    Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • However, after landing, Burr said he was surprised by both the restaurants and eagerness of the audience of have a good time.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Others—such as an eagerness to engage someone in combat—work in the gym, ring, and battlefield but become counterproductive and even destructive outside of those contexts.
    Dan Brooks, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • While some people shared Musk’s enthusiasm, others criticized the decision.
    Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Stein, for now, was happy to accept Dodge’s enthusiasm.
    Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 7 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
  • Emerging market economies saw some buoyancy likely because trade was bolstered by a front-loading of orders by American companies.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The new tariffs are adding to the inflationary pressures and post-pandemic buoyancy that have already driven retail prices sky-high.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 15 Sep. 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 9 Oct. 2025.

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