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Noun: sprightliness  sprIt-lee-nus
  1. Animation and energy in action or expression
    "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give sprightliness to it";
    - liveliness, life, spirit

See also: lively

Type of: animation, brio, invigoration, spiritedness, vivification