high-spirited

Separate from the group’s rhythm, its four strings add a high-spirited element to the traditional style of folk music.

Onscreen in Dublin, a pair of high-spirited lads lifted their shirts and exposed their bellies to America.

The bird flees from her car’s trunk to a watermelon truck to the space behind an armoire, with adults and children, including the high-spirited young daughter, Linda, in hot pursuit.

Lives lived: Seiji Ozawa, a high-spirited Japanese conductor who directed the Boston Symphony Orchestra for decades, died at 88.

Ms. Springsteen’s high-spirited ethos, ever-present, seemed to be the through line in her life, and one that buoyed the lives of the people around her.