Bakunjala, after receiving punishment, was indisposed, in fact incapable of attending to his duties in the Spritely manner required.
"Witch-Doctors"
Charles Beadle
It will be very Spritely and quick and pleasant and pure white.
"The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened"
Kenelm Digby
As they were talking, the butler came in, and seeing the Spritely little fellow, he thought he would make a pretty page for the King.
"Stories from Pentamerone"
Giambattista Basile