Spiritedly

adv. [f. prec. + -LY².] In a spirited or lively manner; with spirit, animation or vivacity.

1785.  J. Phillips, Treat. Inland Navig., p. x. The horses … contribute more spiritedly to the sport or pleasure of their possessors.

1799.  Coleridge, Lett. (1895), I. 313. ‘Christabel,’ were it … finished as spiritedly as it commences [etc.].

1813.  T. Faulkner, Fulham, 88. This monument is very spiritedly executed.

1832.  Blackwood’s Mag., XXXI. 374. Henry … spiritedly refused his brother’s counsel.

1861.  L. L. Noble, Icebergs, 31. We were moving spiritedly forward over a bright and lively sea.

  b.  Qualifying adjs. and ppl. adjs.

1780.  A. Young, Tour Irel., II. xvii. 75. Lazy to an excess at work, but so spiritedly active at play.

1812.  Examiner, 24 May, 328/1. A very spiritedly drawn and classical back-ground.

1886.  Ruskin, Præterita, I. xii. 425. Spiritedly curling and projecting dark hair.