| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Very brisk, alert, and full of high spirits: animated, bouncy, chipper, dashing, high-spirited, lively, pert, vivacious. Informal : peppy. Idioms: bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, full of life. See ACTION. 2. Full of or characterized by a lively, emphatic, eager quality: fiery, high-spirited, mettlesome, peppery, vibrant. Informal : snappy. See ACTION, FEELINGS.
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| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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