Crossword clues for livelier
livelier
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lively \Live"ly\, a. [Compar. Livelier; superl. Liveliest.]
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Endowed with or manifesting life; living.
Chaplets of gold and silver resembling lively flowers and leaves.
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Brisk; vivacious; active; as, a lively youth.
But wherefore comes old Manoa in such haste, With youthful steps ? Much livelier than erewhile He seems.
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Gay; airy; animated; spirited.
From grave to gay, from lively to severe.
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Representing life; lifelike. [Obs.]
I spied the lively picture of my father.
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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.
Wiktionary
a. (en-comparative of: lively)
WordNet
adj. full of life and energy; "a lively discussion"; "lively and attractive parents"; "a lively party" [ant: dull]
full of zest or vigor; "a racy literary style" [syn: racy]
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]
rebounds readily; "clean bouncy hair"; "a lively tennis ball"; "as resiliant as seasoned hickory"; "springy turf" [syn: bouncy, live, resilient, springy, whippy]
filled with events or activity; "a lively period in history"
full of spirit; "a dynamic full of life woman"; "a vital and charismatic leader"; "this whole lively world" [syn: full of life, vital]
characterized by energetic activity; "a lively baby"
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Usage examples of "livelier".
Fairfax had bidden me a kind good-night, and I had fastened my door, gazed leisurely round, and in some measure effaced the eerie impression made by that wide hall, that dark and spacious staircase, and that long, cold gallery, by the livelier aspect of my little room, I remembered that, after a day of bodily fatigue and mental anxiety, I was now at last in safe haven.
Not only did she fail to notice that the Emperor talked a long time with the French ambassador, and how particularly gracious he was to a certain lady, or that Prince So-and-so and So-and-so did and said this and that, and that Helene had great success and was honored was by the special attention of So-and-so, but she did not even see the Emperor, and only noticed that he had gone because the ball became livelier after his departure.
To the family Natasha seemed livelier than usual, but she was far less tranquil and happy than before.
All this being nothing to me, my vacant attention soon found livelier attraction in the spectacle of a little hungry robin, which came and chirruped on the twigs of the leafless cherry-tree nailed against the wall near the casement.
There it was livelier, though there were not near the number of little boats there used to be.
Then talk resumed, and it seemed to Ronica that folk moved livelier than they had.
The steep road was still busy with folk coming and going from the keep, and despite the steady rain, Buckkeep Town was livelier than usual.
Yet for all that winter, it remained a livelier place than it had in many a year.