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adj. characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality; "a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner"

adj. not pertinent to the matter under consideration; "an issue extraneous to the debate"; "the price was immaterial"; "mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point"

fresh, impudent, overbold, smart, saucy, sassy, wise

adj. improperly forward or bold; "don't be fresh with me"; "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"; "Don't get wise with me!"

alert, alive(p), awake(p)

adj. mentally perceptive and responsive;"an alert mind"; "alert to the problems"; "alive to what is going on"; "awake to the dangers of her situation"; "was now awake to the reality of his predicament"

animated, alive

adj. having life or vigor or spirit; "an animated and expressive face"; "animated conversation"; "became very animated when he heard the good news"

optimistic

adj. expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds; "in an optimistic mood"; "optimistic plans"; "took an optimistic view"

chirpy

adj. (birds or insects) characterized by or tending to chirp

cheerful

adj. being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits; "her cheerful nature"; "a cheerful greeting"; "a cheerful room"; "as cheerful as anyone confined to a hospital bed could be"

fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, smart, saucy, sassy, wise

adj. improperly forward or bold; "don't be fresh with me"; "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"; "Don't get wise with me!"

chipper, debonair, debonaire, jaunty

adj. having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; "looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"- Frances G. Patton; "life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"- H.M.Reynolds; "walked with a jaunty step"; "a jaunty optimist"

happy

adj. enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure; "a happy smile"; "spent many happy days on the beach"; "a happy marriage"

brash, cheeky, nervy

adj. offensively bold; "a brash newcomer disputed the age-old rules for admission to the club"; "a nervy thing to say"

alert, watchful

adj. engaged in or accustomed to close observation; "caught by a couple of alert cops"; "alert enough to spot the opportunity when it came"; "constantly alert and vigilant, like a sentinel on duty"

audacious, brave, dauntless, fearless, hardy, intrepid, unfearing

adj. invulnerable to fear or intimidation; "audacious explorers"; "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers"

casual, insouciant, nonchalant

adj. marked by blithe unconcern; "an ability to interest casual students"; "showed a casual disregard for cold weather"; "an utterly insouciant financial policy"; "an elegantly insouciant manner"; "drove his car with nonchalant abandon"; "was polite in a teasing nonchalant manner"

bold

adj. fearless and daring; "bold settlers on some foreign shore"; "a bold speech"; "a bold adventure"

audacious, daring, venturesome, venturous

adj. disposed to venture or take risks; "audacious visions of the total conquest of space"; "an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas"; "the most daring of contemporary fiction writers"; "a venturesome investor"; "a venturous spirit"

impertinent, irreverent, pert, saucy

adj. characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality; "a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner"

nervy

adj. showing or requiring courage and contempt of danger; "the nervy feats of mountaineers"

pushful, pushy

adj. marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative; "an aggressive young executive"; "a pushful insurance agent"

alert, watchful

adj. engaged in or accustomed to close observation; "caught by a couple of alert cops"; "alert enough to spot the opportunity when it came"; "constantly alert and vigilant, like a sentinel on duty"

chipper, debonair, debonaire, jaunty

adj. having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; "looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"- Frances G. Patton; "life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"- H.M.Reynolds; "walked with a jaunty step"; "a jaunty optimist"

boisterous, knockabout

adj. full of rough and exuberant animal spirits; "boisterous practical jokes"; "knockabout comedy"

resilient

adj. recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like

dashing, gallant

adj. lively and spirited; "a dashing hero"

ebullient, exuberant, high-spirited

adj. joyously unrestrained

feisty, plucky, spunky

adj. showing courage; "the champion is faced with a feisty challenger"

hoyden, hoydenish, tomboyish

adj. used of girls; wild and boisterous

sprightly

adj. full of spirit and vitality; "a sprightly young girl"; "a sprightly dance"

mettlesome

adj. having a proud and unbroken spirit

snappy, whipping

adj. smart and fashionable; "snappy conversation"; "some sharp and whipping lines"

vibrant

adj. of colors that are bright and striking

zestful, yeasty, zesty, barmy

adj. marked by spirited enjoyment

digressive, tangential

adj. of superficial relevance if any; "a digressive allusion to the day of the week"; "a tangential remark"

inapplicable, unsuitable

adj. not capable of being applied; "rules inapplicable to day students"

brash, cheeky, nervy

adj. offensively bold; "a brash newcomer disputed the age-old rules for admission to the club"; "a nervy thing to say"

bumptious, self-assertive

adj. offensively self-assertive

overfamiliar

adj. taking undue liberties; "young women disliked the overfamiliar tone he took with them"

assumptive, assuming, presumptuous

adj. excessively forward; "an assumptive person"; "on a subject like this it would be too assuming for me to decide"; "the duchess would not put up with presumptuous servants"

relevant

adj. having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue; "the scientist corresponds with colleagues in order to learn about matters relevant to her own research"

pertinent

adj. having precise or logical relevance to the matter at hand; "a list of articles pertinent to the discussion"; "remarks that were to the point"

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