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LIVELY
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Irregular inflected forms: livelier , liveliest
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Full of spirit; full of life
Example:
this whole lively world
Synonyms:
lively; vital
Classified under:
Similar:
alive; animated (having life or vigor or spirit)
Derivation:
liveliness (animation and energy in action or expression)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Filled with events or activity
Example:
a lively period in history
Classified under:
Similar:
eventful (full of events or incidents)
Derivation:
liveliness (general activity and motion)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Full of life and energy
Example:
a lively party
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
warm (characterized by liveliness or excitement or disagreement)
live (abounding with life and energy)
burbling; burbly; effusive; gushing (uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm)
bubbling; effervescent; frothy; scintillating; sparkly (marked by high spirits or excitement)
bubbly (full of or showing high spirits)
breezy (fresh and animated)
bouncing; bouncy; peppy; spirited; zippy (marked by lively action)
alive ((often followed by 'with') full of life and spirit)
Also:
alive; animated (having life or vigor or spirit)
alert; watchful (engaged in or accustomed to close observation)
energetic (possessing or exerting or displaying energy)
spirited (displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness)
rested (not tired; refreshed as by sleeping or relaxing)
Attribute:
life; liveliness; spirit; sprightliness (animation and energy in action or expression)
Antonym:
dull (lacking in liveliness or animation)
Derivation:
liveliness (general activity and motion)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Elastic; rebounds readily
Example:
springy turf
Synonyms:
bouncy; live; lively; resilient; springy
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
elastic (capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy)
Derivation:
liveliness (animation and energy in action or expression)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Quick and energetic
Example:
a spanking breeze
Synonyms:
alert; brisk; lively; merry; rattling; snappy; spanking; zippy
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
energetic (possessing or exerting or displaying energy)
Derivation:
liveliness (animation and energy in action or expression)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Full of zest or vigor
Example:
a racy literary style
Synonyms:
lively; racy
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
spirited (displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness)
Derivation:
liveliness (animation and energy in action or expression)
Context examples:
A lively imagination soon settled it all.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
I was so fresh and lively myself, in the pleasure of being there, that I could have stopped the people in the streets and shaken hands with them.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Vocabulary used to capture the participants' mood included "a list of mood components such as tense, worn out, energetic, confused and lively," explained Abigail Avolio, first author of the study.
(Mental, Not Physical, Fatigue Affects Seniors' Walking Ability, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
In my eyes it bore a livelier image of the spirit, it seemed more express and single, than the imperfect and divided countenance I had been hitherto accustomed to call mine.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
An acute observer might, however, have detected some signs of dissent amid the applause, and gathered that the proceedings were likely to become more lively than harmonious.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
My heart beat as I saw the house on which so much of our hope was centred, looming up grim and silent in its deserted condition amongst its more lively and spruce-looking neighbours.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
There was nothing lively about it, no snap or go in him and his fellows.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
Lively, men, and careful.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
"What fun you'd have! I wish I could run off too," said Jo, forgetting her part of mentor in lively visions of martial life at the capital.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
We are not a lively party.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
