Lively

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Full of life and energy; vigorous: a lively baby.
  • adj. Full of spirit; gay and animated: a lively tune.
  • adj. Marked by animated intelligence: a lively discussion.
  • adj. Invigorating; refreshing.
  • adj. Effervescent; sparkling.
  • adj. Keen; brisk: gave the kitchen floor a lively sweeping.
  • adj. Rebounding readily upon impact; resilient: a lively tennis ball. See Synonyms at active.
  • ad. With energy or vigor; briskly: Step lively!
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Full of life; energetic.
  • adj. fizzy; foamy; tending to produce a large head in the glass
  • n. Term of address.
  • ad. In a lifelike manner; vibrantly, vividly.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Endowed with or manifesting life; living.
  • adj. Brisk; vivacious; active.
  • adj. Gay; airy; animated; spirited.
  • adj. Representing life; lifelike.
  • adj. Bright; vivid; glowing; strong; vigorous.
  • ad. In a brisk, active, or animated manner; briskly; vigorously.
  • ad. With strong resemblance of life.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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 a lifelike manner; with the appearance of reality; semblably.
  • With life or animation; energetically; vigorously; briskly: as, to act lively.
  • In golf, base-ball, and similar games, elastic: applied to a ball possessing special elasticity.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. elastic; rebounds readily
  • adj. filled with events or activity
  • adj. full of spirit
  • adj. quick and energetic
  • adj. full of zest or vigor
  • adj. full of life and energy
    • Equivalent
    elastic    eventful    animated    alive    energetic    spirited    bouncing    effusive    warm    peppy   
    Cross Reference
    stimulating    bright    responsive    spirited   
    Variant
    liveliest    livelier   
    Form
    look lively   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    blithe    vivacious    animated    jocund    alert    vivid    earnest    quick    nimble    gleeful   
    Verb Stem
    live   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    snively   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    pleasant    vigorous    merry    vivid    passionate    affectionate   
     
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