Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Full of energy or alertness; vigorous or animated.
- adjective Characterized by much activity or excitement: synonym: active.
- adjective Quick-paced.
- adjective Full of flavor or spice.
- adjective Stimulating and invigorating.
- adjective Rebounding readily upon impact; resilient.
- adverb With energy or vigor; briskly.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a lifelike manner; with the appearance of reality; semblably.
- With life or animation; energetically; vigorously; briskly: as, to act lively.
- Living; endowed with or manifesting life; hence, from a living source; life-given.
- Lifelike; representing or resembling life or reality; real; vivid; forcible: as, a lively imitation of nature.
- Full of life or energy; active; vigorous; vivacious; brisk; alert: applied to persons or things: as, a lively child; lively faith.
- Animated; spirited; sprightly; gay: as, a lively dance; lively conversation.
- Fresh; vivid; bright: said of colors and tints.
- Riding the sea buoyantly: said of a ship or boat.
- In golf, base-ball, and similar games, elastic: applied to a ball possessing special elasticity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a brisk, active, or animated manner; briskly; vigorously.
- adverb obsolete With strong resemblance of life.
- adjective Endowed with or manifesting life; living.
- adjective Brisk; vivacious; active.
- adjective Gay; airy; animated; spirited.
- adjective obsolete Representing life; lifelike.
- adjective Bright; vivid; glowing; strong; vigorous.
- adjective (Script.) saints, as being quickened by the Spirit, and active in holiness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Full of
life ;energetic . - adjective of beer
fizzy ;foamy ; tending to produce a largehead in the glass - noun nautical Term of address.
- adverb obsolete In a
lifelike manner;vibrantly ,vividly .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective elastic; rebounds readily
- adjective filled with events or activity
- adjective full of spirit
- adjective quick and energetic
- adjective full of zest or vigor
- adjective full of life and energy
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Any sport or outdoor activity provides the perfect chance to engage in lively conversation, plus the added bonus of keeping you fit.
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We expect the readers to rivet in lively, nonetheless polite discourse.
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We expect the readers to rivet in lively, nonetheless polite discourse.
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Keeping our brains lively is a perfect task for relationships.
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onursaka commented on the word lively
lively is not an adverb according to manhattan gmat. use in a lively manner. it is an adjective.
January 27, 2012