Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Sprightly

As sprightly as a jumping-jack in the hands of a man with St. Vitus dance.
—Anonymous

Sprightly, as a hayfield.
—R. D. Blackmore

Sprightly as unyok’d heifers.
—Richard Duke

Sprightly as light.
—William Pattison