Sekirov Dictionary

lively

/ˈlaɪv.li/

adjective 6
adverb 3
noun 1
forms 5
phrases 1

adjective6

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Full of life; energetic, vivacious.
- But wherefore comes old Manoa in such hast, / With youthful steps? much livelier then e're while / He seems. — 1671
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Airy; animated; spirited.
- From grave to gay, from lively to severe, [...] — 1734
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Bright, glowing, vivid; strong, vigorous.
- The colours of the prism are manifestly more full, intense, and lively that those of natural bodies. — 1704
Fizzy; foamy; tending to produce a large head in the glass.
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(no longer used) Endowed with or manifesting life; living.
- chaplets of gold and silver resembling lively flowers and leaves — 1600
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(no longer used) Representing life; lifelike.
- I spied the lively picture of my father. — 1632

adverb3

Vigorously.
Vibrantly, vividly.
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(no longer used) In a lifelike manner.
- Him to a dainty flowre she did transmew, / Which in that cloth was wrought, as if it liuely grew. — 1590

noun1

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(informal) Term of address.
- Speak the word, my livelies, and I'll pilot her in. — 1846

forms

livelies · livelier · more lively · liveliest · most lively

Phrases with lively

step lively
To move quickly; to hurry along.

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