What is "livelies"

Usage examples of "livelies".

The Livelies had had none of the incessant cutting-out expeditions that made danger an everyday affair and so disarmed it: circumstances had been entirely different - he should have read her log to see exactly what she had done.

Certainly he should look at the log to see how the Livelies spent their day.

The drum beat and the Livelies hurried to their stations in the usual way.

Next to the pleasure of shooting at a fellow man, the Livelies loved destroying his works.

Now, as the four frigates, in a perfect line, each two cables from the next, stretched away to the south-southwest, came a tedious, frustrating time for the Livelies: the topmen were rarely on deck, but it was not to make sail.

The Spaniard seemed to be about the same distance ahead as when they began, or even a little more, but the Livelies looked quite unconcerned as they hurried about with fresh cordage, blocks, and bales of sailcloth, casting a casual eye at the chase from time to time.

The Livelies are not used to this sort of caper, but some of them shape well, and they all have willing minds.

The Livelies behaved well - no breaking into wine-shops - and it was pretty to see the Marines formed on the quay, as trimly squared as at divisions, although indeed they looked pitiful and lost in checkered shirts and seamen’s frocks.

The crew is not half worked up - nothing like the Livelies, not a patch on the Sophies.

The Livelies behaved well - no breaking into wine-shops - and it was pretty to see the Marines formed on the quay, as trimly squared as at divisions, although indeed they looked pitiful and lost in checkered shirts and seamen's frocks.