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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
lively
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a lively resort
▪ It is a lively resort with plenty of bars and cafés.
a lively/vivacious personality (=liking to meet and talk to people)
▪ Her lively personality won her many admirers.
lively debate (=interesting and involving a lot of different opinions)
▪ The conference produced some lively debate.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
▪ Joey Beauchamp has looked as lively as sharp as any over the last few weeks.
▪ The atmosphere was as lively as it was at Church House itself.
▪ He made his lecture demonstrations as lively as possible in order to capture the interest of the undergraduates.
more
▪ I'd sooner go to a dance - it's more livelier.
▪ Models of growth-Liturgy more lively Accessible-time Tension between the informal and the formal.
▪ At times the Crown Prince swapped the staid dance music for rather, more lively rock and roll.
▪ I do feel we could be a bit more lively though!
▪ A reshuffle took Anderson into midfield and they looked a lot more lively.
▪ I look forward to hearing them again in a more lively acoustic.
▪ Some are very monastic, with the accent on contemplation and little talking, others are more lively.
▪ Historical conferences became regular and much more lively.
very
▪ She was very lively with a spark of her own.
▪ The Glasgow they evoke is a very hard and a very lively place.
▪ The Moots and the Law Society made the Department very lively.
▪ It is 2.30 am and things are very lively at Number 17 where it gets noisier by the minute.
▪ She wasn't used to mountains and heights were always a little alarming, especially when you had a very lively imagination.
▪ He, along with his three brothers is very lively and is always running about and making plenty of noise outside my house.
▪ Ewan is a very lively character, and good to have around.
▪ Very brilliant, very smart, very lively and the outstanding scholar of her year.
■ NOUN
debate
▪ First, there must be a continuing and lively debate on ethical matters to ensure that ethical guidance is kept up-to-date.
▪ As others may have different theories a genuine desire to prove a point of view leads to some lively debate.
▪ The conference produced some lively debate and occasionally some widely differing viewpoints.
▪ Needless to say, there is a continuous and lively debate about whose model is the best.
discussion
▪ Shoplifting has reached epidemic proportions and this gave rise to a lively discussion.
▪ She sat next to him at dinner that night and engaged him in a lively discussion of rope walking.
▪ On some evenings he will lecture with slides of his own and other nature artists' work, followed by lively discussion.
▪ That's what Cabinets are for, and lively discussions usually lead to good decisions.
▪ This meeting generated a great deal of lively discussion and useful feedback.
imagination
▪ She wasn't used to mountains and heights were always a little alarming, especially when you had a very lively imagination.
▪ You'd be wise, Miss Holbrook, to keep a firm control on your own lively imagination.
interest
▪ Cranston's mount became skittish and even Philomel showed a lively interest in the group round the scaffold.
▪ McGregor thought Amelia was particularly suited by temperament for scientific work because she had such a lively interest.
▪ Below him, hand in hand, staring up with lively interest, were Jenny and Antony.
▪ Ella's lively interest in Harold Shoosmith was shared by the rest of Thrush Green.
▪ This produces some lively interest-and some illuminating questions once the children overcome their inevitable reticence.
▪ Though essentially traditionalist, the work shows a critical spirit and a lively interest in recent discoveries and debates.
place
▪ It was a lively place and did good work.
▪ The Glasgow they evoke is a very hard and a very lively place.
▪ Roth got to know Bellow in Chicago, where Roth worked as a university teacher, finding it a lively place.
▪ Today it retains much of its charm and is a lively place full of good restaurants, cafés and pubs.
▪ It is a lively place in the evening too.
▪ At any rate, it would be a lively place!
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ lively Latin rhythms
▪ a lively combination of colors
▪ a lively dance
▪ a lively debate
▪ a lively kid
▪ A group of children entertained us with a lively dance called a tarantella.
▪ Any question about taxation is likely to produce a lively debate in parliament.
▪ As a speaker, he was articulate, lively, and funny.
▪ Garvy's novels have interesting characters and lively dialogue.
▪ Her face was lively and animated as she acted out the scene.
▪ It's the liveliest bar in town, very popular with the tourists.
▪ It was a lively and happy celebration.
▪ She was a lively and adventurous girl - not one for a quiet life.
▪ the lively swirls of the stream
▪ We got to the disco at about 10 o'clock and it was already quite lively.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ All the recordings are sharp and lively, even if in some cases forty years old.
▪ But sometimes he seemed unnaturally flushed and lively - and it was not with drink.
▪ First, there must be a continuing and lively debate on ethical matters to ensure that ethical guidance is kept up-to-date.
▪ Hunt and Metta provide some lively moments, but Reed, a fine actor, is mostly reduced to wailing and whimpering.
▪ In all of present-day economics, there is no livelier writer than D. N. McCloskey.
▪ It also features serious drama festivals, touring shows, lively musicals and pantomime.
▪ She sat next to him at dinner that night and engaged him in a lively discussion of rope walking.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lively

Lively \Live"ly\, a. [Compar. Livelier; superl. Liveliest.]

  1. Endowed with or manifesting life; living.

    Chaplets of gold and silver resembling lively flowers and leaves.
    --Holland.

  2. Brisk; vivacious; active; as, a lively youth.

    But wherefore comes old Manoa in such haste, With youthful steps ? Much livelier than erewhile He seems.
    --Milton.

  3. Gay; airy; animated; spirited.

    From grave to gay, from lively to severe.
    --Pope.

  4. Representing life; lifelike. [Obs.]

    I spied the lively picture of my father.
    --Massinger.

  5. Bright; vivid; glowing; strong; vigorous.

    The colors of the prism are manifestly more full, intense, and lively that those of natural bodies.
    --Sir I. Newton.

    His faith must be not only living, but lively too.
    --South.

    Lively stones (Script.), saints, as being quickened by the Spirit, and active in holiness.

    Syn: Brisk; vigorous; quick; nimble; smart; active; alert; sprightly; animated; spirited; prompt; earnest; strong; energetic; vivid; vivacious; blithe; gleeful; airy; gay; jocund.

Lively

Lively \Live"ly\, adv.

  1. In a brisk, active, or animated manner; briskly; vigorously.
    --Hayward.

  2. With strong resemblance of life. [Obs.]

    Thou counterfeitest most lively.
    --Shak.

Related phrases:
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
lively

Old English liflic "living, existing," literally "life-like;" from life + -ly (2). Sense of "active, energetic" developed by early 13c., from notion "full of life."

Wiktionary
lively

Etymology 1 a. Full of life; energetic. alt. Full of life; energetic. n. (context nautical English) (non-gloss definition: Term of address.) Etymology 2

adv. 1 (context obsolete English) In a lifelike manner. 2 vibrantly, vividly.

WordNet
lively

  1. adj. full of life and energy; "a lively discussion"; "lively and attractive parents"; "a lively party" [ant: dull]

  2. full of zest or vigor; "a racy literary style" [syn: racy]

  3. quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze" [syn: brisk, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy]

  4. rebounds readily; "clean bouncy hair"; "a lively tennis ball"; "as resiliant as seasoned hickory"; "springy turf" [syn: bouncy, live, resilient, springy, whippy]

  5. filled with events or activity; "a lively period in history"

  6. full of spirit; "a dynamic full of life woman"; "a vital and charismatic leader"; "this whole lively world" [syn: full of life, vital]

  7. characterized by energetic activity; "a lively baby"

  8. [also: liveliest, livelier]

Wikipedia
Lively

Lively (liveliness) is the quality of being full of life, energetic, bright, vivid, strong and vigorous. "Lively" may also refer to:

Places:

  • Lively, Missouri, United States, an unincorporated community
  • Lively, Texas, an unincorporated community
  • Lively, Virginia, United States, an unincorporated community
  • Lively, West Virginia, United States, an unincorporated community
  • Lively, Ontario, Canada
  • Lively Island, Falkland Islands
  • Lively Point, Renaud Island, Antarctica

Ships:

  • HMS Lively, the name of several ships of the Royal Navy
  • Lively-class frigate, a Royal Navy class of sailing ship

  • , a tug renamed Lively in 1918

Other uses:

  • Lively (surname), a list of people
  • Google Lively, a web-based virtual environment
  • Lively Kernel, an open source web programming environment
  • Lively (album), an album by American band Arrogance
  • Lively Technical Center, a public technical training school in Tallahassee, Florida
Lively (album)

Lively is the fifth album by the North Carolina band Arrogance, released in 1981 (see 1981 in music). It was recorded live in March 1981 around various clubs in North Carolina. Most of these songs were unreleased at the time of its release, although a few existed as singles or B-Sides. Some also existed as unreleased demos. In its initial release, a bonus "Dog Breath" EP (referring to their pre-Arrogance band name) was included, which featured six 1960s cover songs such as " Born to Be Wild." [] This would be their final record until the release of 2002's The 5'11" Record.

Lively (surname)

Lively is the surname of:

  • Adam Lively (born 1961), British novelist
  • Blake Lively (born 1987), American actress
  • Bob Lively (born 1923), American jazz saxophonist during the 1940s big band era
  • Buddy Lively (born 1925), American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Donald Lively, co-creator and first dean of Florida Coastal School of Law
  • Edward Lively (1545–1605), English linguist and biblical scholar
  • Eric Lively (born 1981), American actor
  • Ernie Lively (born 1947), American actor
  • Gerry Lively, American cinematographer and film director
  • Jack Lively (1885–1967), American Major League Baseball pitcher for the 1911 season, father of Buddy Lively
  • Jason Lively (born 1968), American actor
  • John Lively (politician) (born 1946), American politician
  • Lori Lively, American actress
  • Penelope Lively (born 1933), British writer
  • Pierce Lively (1921–2016), U.S. federal judge
  • Robert Lively (screenwriter) (died 1943), American screenwriter and songwriter
  • Robert M. Lively (1855–1929), U.S. Representative from Texas
  • Robyn Lively (born 1972), American actress
  • Scott Lively (born 1957), American author, attorney and anti-LGBT activist
  • Shannon Lively (born 1992), Australian actor
  • Zack Lively (born 1987), American actor

Usage examples of "lively".

Hengist, who boldly aspired to the conquest of Britain, exhorted his countrymen to embrace the glorious opportunity: he painted in lively colors the fertility of the soil, the wealth of the cities, the pusillanimous temper of the natives, and the convenient situation of a spacious solitary island, accessible on all sides to the Saxon fleets.

And when you have the optimist and pessimist acutely opposed in a mixing group, they direct lively conversations at one another across the gulf of distance, even of time.

And he drew from recollection, the raw enthusiasm of his adolescence, when ideals were a substitute for judgment, life was play, and the future entailed nothing more lively than horse raids and begetting children.

To collect, to dispose, and to adorn a series of fourscore years, in an immortal work, every sentence of which is pregnant with the deepest observations and the most lively images, was an undertaking sufficient to exercise the genius of Tacitus himself during the greatest part of his life.

Such an irregular circumstance must, alas, awaken the liveliest speculations among those who move in the world.

The ambient was quiet, the horses were snug in their den, the dark-eyed little girl with the lively curiosity was safely in her room.

She talked with much admiration of the charms of Madame, and shewed the liveliest interest in my stories of amorous adventure.

I painted our amorous combats in a lively and natural manner, for, besides my recollections, I had her living picture before my eyes, and I could follow on her features the various emotions aroused by my recital.

For a while the conversation had been lively and friendly, and Ana had sat on her barstool, sipping her Coke and basking in the new ambiance.

I caressed her in a somewhat lively manner, and drew back my hand, again apologizing for my daring, and when she let me see her face I thought I saw delight rather than anger in her eyes and on her cheeks, and I felt hopeful with regard to her.

For some time the captain idled about the garden, keeping as far away from the arbour as possible, and doing his best to suppress a decayed but lively mariner named Captain Sellers, who lived two doors off.

The moment we had reached the long avenue, my young companion, as lively as a fawn, finding herself at liberty on the green sward, and enjoying that happy freedom for the first time in her life, began to run about and to give way to the spirit of cheerfulness which was natural to her.

We began to talk of other things, and for two hours I enjoyed their lively and cultured conversation.

I remain silent, pretending to gaze at the scenery, but in reality thinking of her, for she began to inspire me with a lively interest.

It was true that he had not taken any member of the family into his confidence, but his remarks of the previous evening, coupled with a lively sense of curiosity, caused young Bing to seek out his father and blurt out certain grave suspicions and surmises which he had formed in his own mind.