lively

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Adjective 1.2.1.1 Derived terms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Adverb 1.4 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈlaɪvli/
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[edit] Etymology 1

Old English līflīċ.

[edit] Adjective

lively (comparative livelier, superlative liveliest)

1. Full of life; energetic.

[edit] Derived terms

• look lively

[edit] Translations

[edit] Etymology 2

Old English līflīċe.

[edit] Adverb

lively (comparative more lively, superlative most lively)

1. (obsolete) In a lifelike manner; vibrantly, vividly.
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Folio Society 2006, vol. 1, p. 220-1:

     the Painter Protogenes [...] having perfected the image of a wearie and panting dog, [...] but being unable, as he desired, lively to represent the drivel or slaver of his mouth, vexed against his owne worke, took his spunge, and moist as it was with divers colours, threw it at the picture [...].

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: eillvy
• evilly
• vilely