liveliness

English

Etymology

From lively +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪvlinəs/

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• Hyphenation: live‧li‧ness

Noun

liveliness (countable and uncountable, plural livelinesses)

1. The quality of being lively; animation; energy.

   Antonyms: unliveliness; see also Thesaurus:devitalization

   • 1947 January and February, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 39:

     The response to firing is remarkable, and though the 280 lb. pressure seems more in the nature of a reserve for emergencies than a continuous working figure, even with the present-day apology for coal it seldom fell below 250 lb., and could always be brought up to blowing-off point with little difficulty. To this liveliness of steaming the thermic syphons are doubtless the chief contributory.

Translations

the quality of being lively

• Albanian: gazmend (sq)
• Bulgarian: оживление (bg) n (oživlenie)
• Chinese:

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• Dutch: levendigheid (nl)
• Finnish: vilkkaus (fi), vilkkaus (fi)
• French: vitalité (fr) f
• Georgian: ხალისიანობა (xalisianoba), სიცოცხლე (sicocxle), სიცხოველე (sicxovele), გამოცოცხლება (gamococxleba), მხიარულება (mxiaruleba), სიმხნევე (simxneve), გაცხოველება (gacxoveleba)
• Greek: ζωντάνια (el) f (zontánia)
• Irish: aibíocht f, abúlacht f, beogacht f, éirimiúlacht f, anamúlacht f
• Latvian: možums m, mundrums m, mundrība f, žirgtums m, spirgtums m
• Polish: żwawość (pl) f
• Portuguese: vitalidade (pt) f
• Romanian: vitalitate (ro) f, vioiciune (ro) f, însuflețire (ro) f, vivacitate (ro) f
• Russian: оживле́ние (ru) n (oživlénije)
• Spanish: vivacidad (es) f
• Turkish: canlılık (tr)

Anagrams

• villeiness