"lively" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈlaɪv.li/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-lively.ogg [General-American] Forms: livelier [comparative], liveliest [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English lyvely, lifly, from Old English līflīċ (“living, lively, long-lived, necessary to life, vital”), equivalent to life + -ly. Cognate with Scots lively, lifely (“of or pertaining to life, vital, living, life-like”). Doublet of lifely. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lyvely}} Middle English lyvely, {{m|enm|lifly}} lifly, {{inh|en|ang|līflīċ|t=living, lively, long-lived, necessary to life, vital}} Old English līflīċ (“living, lively, long-lived, necessary to life, vital”), {{suffix|en|life|ly|id2=adjectival}} life + -ly, {{cog|sco|lively}} Scots lively, {{m|sco|lifely|t=of or pertaining to life, vital, living, life-like}} lifely (“of or pertaining to life, vital, living, life-like”), {{doublet|en|lifely}} Doublet of lifely Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} lively (comparative livelier, superlative liveliest)
  1. Full of life; energetic. Synonyms (full of life): frisky Translations (full of life): βιωτικός (biōtikós) (Ancient Greek), دَجِر (dajir) (Arabic), نشيط (nišīṭ) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), жив (živ) (Bulgarian), оживен (oživen) (Bulgarian), vivaç (Catalan), livlig (Danish), levendig (Dutch), verva (Esperanto), sprita (Esperanto), lívligur (Faroese), eläväinen (Finnish), animé (French), lebhaft (German), lebendig (German), munter (German), rege (German), eleven (Hungarian), élénk (Hungarian), líflegur (Icelandic), cróga (Irish), crógach (Irish), cróganta (Irish), aerach (Irish), beoga (Irish), éirimiúil (Irish), bíogúil (Irish), mear (Irish), vivace (Italian), brioso (Italian), vivido (Italian), alacer (Latin), vivāx (Latin), vegetus (Latin), možs (Latvian), mundrs (Latvian), žirgts (Latvian), spirgts (Latvian), ņiprs (Latvian), kustīgs (Latvian), hauoraora (Maori), kautangatanga (note: of movement) (Maori), livlig (Norwegian Bokmål), livleg (Norwegian Nynorsk), живъ (živŭ) (Old Church Slavonic), żywy (Polish), pełen życia (Polish), vivaz (Portuguese), vibrante (Portuguese), animado (Portuguese), espevitado (Portuguese), оживлённый (oživljónnyj) (Russian), aighearach (Scottish Gaelic), beò (Scottish Gaelic), živahen (Slovene), vivaz (Spanish), animado (Spanish), brioso (Spanish), vigoroso (Spanish), pizpireto (Spanish), livlig (Swedish), byw (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-lively-en-adj-OVTMpyoU Disambiguation of 'full of life': 75 0 7 10 5 3 Disambiguation of 'full of life': 75 0 7 10 5 3
  2. Bright, glowing, vivid; strong, vigorous. Categories (topical): Personality Synonyms (vivid, strong, vigorous): intense Translations (bright, glowing, vivid; strong): ярък (jarǎk) (Bulgarian), силен (silen) (Bulgarian), 賑やか (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-lively-en-adj-VGkjtM~B Disambiguation of Personality: 28 41 1 1 4 15 2 1 4 5 Disambiguation of 'vivid, strong, vigorous': 12 65 2 2 10 9 Disambiguation of 'bright, glowing, vivid; strong': 3 83 2 2 4 6
  3. (archaic) Endowed with or manifesting life; living. Tags: archaic Synonyms (endowed with or manifesting life): extant
    Sense id: en-lively-en-adj-Mzap83FG Disambiguation of 'endowed with or manifesting life': 10 1 75 9 3 2
  4. (archaic) Representing life; lifelike. Tags: archaic Synonyms (representing life): lifey, limned, naturalistic
    Sense id: en-lively-en-adj-X3Jvx1nO Disambiguation of 'representing life': 10 2 10 75 1 1
  5. (archaic) Airy; animated; spirited. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-lively-en-adj-TgvEukUu
  6. (of beer) Fizzy; foamy; tending to produce a large head in the glass. Synonyms (fizzy, foamy): frothy, spumescent Translations (fizzy; foamy): vaahtoinen (Finnish), пе́нистый (pénistyj) (Russian), burbujeante (fizzy) (Spanish), espumoso (english: foamy) (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-lively-en-adj-LHSugfoh Disambiguation of 'fizzy, foamy': 2 5 1 1 2 88 Disambiguation of 'fizzy; foamy': 2 4 1 1 2 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: peppy, zestful, active, live, vital, alive, lifely [obsolete]
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: liveliness, look lively, lively person, lively character, lively lady, lively woman, lively man, lively audience, lively personality, lively art, lively guide, lively activity, lively game, lively lesson, lively introduction, lively discussion, lively debate, lively writing, lively image, lively town, lively city, lively village

Adverb

IPA: /ˈlaɪv.li/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-lively.ogg [General-American] Forms: more lively [comparative], most lively [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English lyvely, lifly, from Old English līflīċe, equivalent to life + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lyvely}} Middle English lyvely, {{m|enm|lifly}} lifly, {{inh|en|ang|līflīċe}} Old English līflīċe, {{af|en|life|-ly}} life + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} lively (comparative more lively, superlative most lively)
  1. Vigorously.
    Sense id: en-lively-en-adv-D0en9Ma7
  2. Vibrantly, vividly. Translations (vibrantly, vividly): eloisasti (Finnish), moži (Latvian), mundri (Latvian), žirgti (Latvian), spirgti (Latvian), ņipri (Latvian), kustīgi (Latvian), z życiem (Polish), оживлённо (oživljónno) (Russian), жи́во (žívo) (Russian), vívidamente (Spanish), vibrantemente [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-lively-en-adv-4ZRfRrC7 Disambiguation of 'vibrantly, vividly': 11 86 2
  3. (obsolete) In a lifelike manner. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-lively-en-adv-1rRURt2L
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: step lively
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈlaɪv.li/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-lively.ogg [General-American] Forms: livelies [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English lyvely, lifly, from Old English līflīċ (“living, lively, long-lived, necessary to life, vital”), equivalent to life + -ly. Cognate with Scots lively, lifely (“of or pertaining to life, vital, living, life-like”). Doublet of lifely. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lyvely}} Middle English lyvely, {{m|enm|lifly}} lifly, {{inh|en|ang|līflīċ|t=living, lively, long-lived, necessary to life, vital}} Old English līflīċ (“living, lively, long-lived, necessary to life, vital”), {{suffix|en|life|ly|id2=adjectival}} life + -ly, {{cog|sco|lively}} Scots lively, {{m|sco|lifely|t=of or pertaining to life, vital, living, life-like}} lifely (“of or pertaining to life, vital, living, life-like”), {{doublet|en|lifely}} Doublet of lifely Head templates: {{en-noun}} lively (plural livelies)
  1. (nautical, informal) Term of address. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-lively-en-noun-RO~Pzo8V Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly, English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 1 5 8 8 6 15 13 5 24 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 10 4 5 9 7 6 15 12 5 28 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival): 15 6 7 13 10 10 38 Topics: nautical, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lifely [obsolete]
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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          "word": "mear"
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          "lang": "Italian",
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        {
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "full of life",
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          "lang": "Italian",
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          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "vegetus"
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          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "možs"
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          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
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          "word": "mundrs"
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          "word": "ņiprs"
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          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "kustīgs"
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        {
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "hauoraora"
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        {
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "note": "of movement",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "kautangatanga"
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "livlig"
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        {
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          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "full of life",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 0 7 10 5 3",
          "code": "cu",
          "lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
          "roman": "živŭ",
          "sense": "full of life",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 0 7 10 5 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "żywy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 0 7 10 5 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "pełen życia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 0 7 10 5 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "vivaz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 0 7 10 5 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "vibrante"
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        {
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "animado"
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        {
          "_dis1": "75 0 7 10 5 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "espevitado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 0 7 10 5 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "oživljónnyj",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "оживлённый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 0 7 10 5 3",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "aighearach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 0 7 10 5 3",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "beò"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 0 7 10 5 3",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "živahen"
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      "word": "دَجِر"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "word": "vivaz"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
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      "word": "vibrante"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "full of life",
      "word": "animado"
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      "code": "gd",
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    {
      "code": "sl",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "es",
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "sv",
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        {
          "ref": ", Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.220-1",
          "text": "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 […]."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In a lifelike manner."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lifelike",
          "lifelike"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) In a lifelike manner."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlaɪv.li/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-lively.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cb/En-us-lively.ogg/En-us-lively.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/En-us-lively.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (GA)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "vibrantly, vividly",
      "word": "eloisasti"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "vibrantly, vividly",
      "word": "moži"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "vibrantly, vividly",
      "word": "mundri"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "vibrantly, vividly",
      "word": "žirgti"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "vibrantly, vividly",
      "word": "spirgti"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "vibrantly, vividly",
      "word": "ņipri"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "vibrantly, vividly",
      "word": "kustīgi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "vibrantly, vividly",
      "word": "z życiem"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oživljónno",
      "sense": "vibrantly, vividly",
      "word": "оживлённо"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žívo",
      "sense": "vibrantly, vividly",
      "word": "жи́во"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "vibrantly, vividly",
      "word": "vívidamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "vibrantly, vividly",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vibrantemente"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lively"
}

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