Kinetic

He was still optimistic, but it was a less kinetic, a more thoughtful optimism.

He couldn’t work with individuals over any length of time; any more than you could apply kinetic theory of gases to single molecules.

She is gliding down the antebellum tree-lined lanes of White Columns, one microplantation after another, still coasting on the residual kinetic energy boost that originated in the fuel in Studley the Teenager's gas tank.

He preferred himself to see another’s face and listen to another’s words by which potential narration was realised and kinetic temperament relieved.