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According to justice; according to the divine will or moral rectitude; uprightly; as, duty rightly performed.

Brilliantly; splendidly; with luster; as, brightly shining armor.

Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance. "Sprightly wit and love inspires." Dryden. The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. Pope.

In an upright manner.

Light of heart; vivacious; sprightly; flippant; superficial. "Merry and airy." Jer. Taylor.

Gay; cheerful; sprightly. [Obs.] Bacon.

Sprightly; lively; brisk. Richardson.

An allegro movement; a quick, sprightly strain or piece.

A poem after the manner of Anacreon; a sprightly little poem in praise of love and wine.

Rightly; correctly; in a right way or form; without mistake or crime; as, to worship God aright.

Gay; merry; sprightly; joyous; glad; cheerful; as, a blithe spirit. The blithe sounds of festal music. Prescott. A daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and debonair. Milton.

Brightly. Chaucer. I say it is the moon that shines so bright. Shak.

A quick and lively dance. [Obs.] Make you dance canary With sprightly fire and motion. Shak.

Cheerful; sprightly; lively; merry. "The canty dame." Wordsworth [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] Contented with little, and canty with mair. Burns.

To leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; to cut capers; to skip; to spring; to prance; to dance. He capers, he dances, he has eyes of youth. Shak.

A light-colored, sprightly American wine from the Catawba grape.

A gay, sprightly, military man; hence, a gallant.

om embarrassment; detention, etc. The cruel corporal whispered in my ear, Five pounds, if rightly tipped, would set me clear. Gay. Clear breach. See under Breach, n., 4. -- Clear days (Law.), days reckoned from one day to another, excluding both the first and last day; as, from Sunday to Sunday there are six clear day…

Shining brightly. Shak.

A sprightly but somewhat stately dance, now out of fashion. It is harder to dance a corant well, than a jig. Sir W. temple. Dancing a coranto with him upon the heath. Macaulay.