a. (and adv.). Chiefly dial. or colloq. Also 9 dial. spirrit(t)y, sperrity, spe(e)rity, etc. [f. SPIRIT sb. + -Y.]
1. Full of or characterized by spirit, animation, energy or vivacity; spirited.
1633. Struther, in Spurgeon, Treas. Dav., Ps. xxxvi. 4. To make them more spirity [Satan] can horse them on restless contention.
1765. in Priv. Lett. Ld. Malmesbury (1870), I. 136. He is a most active, spirity man, and, by his great mental exercises, keeps himself from anything like a lethargy.
1808. Eleanor Sleath, Bristol Heiress, I. 65. That was spoken like a young woman of sense!—A fine spirity lass.
1830. Galt, Lawrie T., VIII. v. (1849), 376. Semple is a spirity man.
b. As adv. Spiritedly; with spirit.
1894. Blackmore, Perlycross, 64. I answered him quite spirity.
2. Of the nature of spirit; spirituous. rare.
a. 1722. Lisle, Husb. (1757), 421. The dews soke into the broad-clover, and thin the spirity juice. Ibid. The spirity juice … is … thinned by the water getting into it.
1899. Conan Doyle, Duet (1909), 126/1. Do you notice a sort of low, sweetish, spirity kind of scent?
