"lively" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈlaɪv.li/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-lively.ogg 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 and lifelike. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lyvely}} Middle English lyvely, {{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, {{doublet|en|lifely|lifelike}} Doublet of lifely and lifelike Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} lively (comparative livelier, superlative liveliest)
  1. Full of life; energetic, vivacious. Synonyms (full of life): high-spirited Translations (full of life): βιωτικός (biōtikós) (Ancient Greek), دَجِر (dajir) (Arabic), نشيط (nišīṭ) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), жив (živ) (Bulgarian), оживен (oživen) (Bulgarian), vivaç (Catalan), živý (Czech), livlig (Danish), levendig (Dutch), verva (Esperanto), sprita (Esperanto), lívligur (Faroese), eläväinen (Finnish), animé (French), lebhaft (German), lebendig (German), munter (German), rege (German), ζωηρός (zoïrós) (Greek), ζωντανός (zontanós) (Greek), 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), жва́вий (žvávyj) (Ukrainian), byw (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-lively-en-adj-YUbM7VHh Disambiguation of 'full of life': 70 0 7 11 8 4 Disambiguation of 'full of life': 70 0 7 11 8 4
  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), živý (Czech), ζωηρός (zoïrós) (Greek), élénk (Hungarian), 賑やか (Japanese), жва́вий (žvávyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-lively-en-adj-VGkjtM~B Disambiguation of Personality: 29 41 0 1 4 15 2 1 4 5 Disambiguation of 'vivid, strong, vigorous': 11 67 1 2 10 10 Disambiguation of 'bright, glowing, vivid; strong': 2 85 1 2 4 5
  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': 11 1 71 9 4 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': 11 2 9 76 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': 5 5 0 1 2 87 Disambiguation of 'fizzy; foamy': 4 3 0 1 2 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: frisky, peppy, zestful, active, live, vital, alive, lifely [obsolete] Derived forms: liveliness, look lively
Etymology number: 1

Adverb

IPA: /ˈlaɪv.li/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-lively.ogg 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, {{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': 0 94 6
  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 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 and lifelike. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lyvely}} Middle English lyvely, {{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, {{doublet|en|lifely|lifelike}} Doublet of lifely and lifelike 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), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Old Church Slavonic translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 1 5 9 10 7 0 15 6 29 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 13 4 5 10 10 7 1 14 6 31 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival): 17 5 6 12 13 9 37 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 1 3 13 6 4 1 16 8 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 2 5 9 11 7 0 15 6 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 2 5 9 11 5 0 15 6 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 16 11 6 11 14 12 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 17 7 5 11 12 10 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 16 6 6 12 11 9 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 17 9 5 11 13 8 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 17 7 5 11 12 12 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 12 4 4 13 8 5 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 15 3 6 16 11 6 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations: 16 8 5 11 12 12 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 17 5 5 12 13 5 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 17 7 5 12 12 8 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 4 4 11 8 6 1 13 7 35 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 14 3 5 15 10 6 48 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 15 3 5 14 10 6 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 16 3 6 13 11 8 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 15 5 5 13 10 9 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 17 7 5 12 12 8 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 17 9 5 11 13 8 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 16 2 5 13 11 6 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 14 2 5 12 10 5 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 16 2 5 13 11 6 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 13 5 4 10 9 7 1 12 6 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 17 7 5 12 12 8 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 16 7 6 12 11 9 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 21 4 6 11 14 7 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Old Church Slavonic translations: 15 3 4 12 11 4 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 12 6 4 11 9 9 1 11 9 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 15 6 5 11 14 7 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 11 2 4 9 8 4 1 15 6 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 17 8 5 12 12 8 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 17 7 5 12 12 8 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 13 2 4 11 9 5 0 13 7 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 15 7 5 13 11 7 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 16 7 5 11 11 8 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 16 3 6 14 11 6 45 Topics: nautical, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lifely [obsolete]
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "liveliness"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "look lively"
    }
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "liveliest",
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        "superlative"
      ]
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  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "ref": "1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 85, lines 452–455:",
          "text": "But wherefore comes old Manoa in such haſt, / With youthful ſteps? much livelier then e're while / He ſeems.",
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        },
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          "ref": "1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page 77:",
          "text": "[...] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of railway viaducts, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 168:",
          "text": "Since sick people were apt to be present, he could not always depend on a lively young crowd in the same ward with him, and the entertainment was not always good.",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "2011 September 29, Jon Smith, “Tottenham 3 – 1 Shamrock Rovers”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 2018-11-27:",
          "text": "But with the lively [Giovani] Dos Santos pulling the strings behind strikers [Roman] Pavlyuchenko and [Jermain] Defoe, Spurs controlled the first half without finding the breakthrough their dominance deserved.",
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          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
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          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
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          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "دَجِر"
        },
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          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
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          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "жив"
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          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "оживен"
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        {
          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "vivaç"
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        {
          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "živý"
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        {
          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "full of life",
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        {
          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "levendig"
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        {
          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "verva"
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          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "sprita"
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          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "lívligur"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "eläväinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "animé"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "lebhaft"
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        {
          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "lebendig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "munter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "rege"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "zoïrós",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "ζωηρός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
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          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "ζωντανός"
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          "word": "βιωτικός"
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        {
          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "eleven"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "élénk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "líflegur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "cróga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "crógach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "cróganta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "aerach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "beoga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "éirimiúil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "bíogúil"
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        {
          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "mear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "vivace"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "brioso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "vivido"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "alacer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "vivāx"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "vegetus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "možs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "mundrs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "žirgts"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "spirgts"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "ņiprs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "kustīgs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "hauoraora"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "note": "of movement",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "kautangatanga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "livlig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "livleg"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
          "code": "cu",
          "lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
          "roman": "živŭ",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "живъ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "full of life",
          "word": "żywy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 0 7 11 8 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "full of life",
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      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "full of life",
      "word": "livleg"
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      "code": "cu",
      "lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
      "roman": "živŭ",
      "sense": "full of life",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "full of life",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "full of life",
      "word": "pełen życia"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "full of life",
      "word": "vivaz"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "full of life",
      "word": "vibrante"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "full of life",
      "word": "animado"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "full of life",
      "word": "espevitado"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "oživljónnyj",
      "sense": "full of life",
      "word": "оживлённый"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "full of life",
      "word": "aighearach"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "full of life",
      "word": "beò"
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "full of life",
      "word": "živahen"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "full of life",
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "full of life",
      "word": "animado"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "full of life",
      "word": "brioso"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "full of life",
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "full of life",
      "word": "pizpireto"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
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      "code": "uk",
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      "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "full of life",
      "word": "byw"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "jarǎk",
      "sense": "bright, glowing, vivid; strong",
      "word": "ярък"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "silen",
      "sense": "bright, glowing, vivid; strong",
      "word": "силен"
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      "sense": "bright, glowing, vivid; strong",
      "word": "živý"
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "zoïrós",
      "sense": "bright, glowing, vivid; strong",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "bright, glowing, vivid; strong",
      "word": "élénk"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "bright, glowing, vivid; strong",
      "word": "賑やか"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "fizzy; foamy",
      "word": "vaahtoinen"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "пе́нистый"
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "vibrantly, vividly",
      "word": "eloisasti"
    },
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      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "vibrantly, vividly",
      "word": "moži"
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      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "vibrantly, vividly",
      "word": "mundri"
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      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "vibrantly, vividly",
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      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "vibrantly, vividly",
      "word": "spirgti"
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      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "vibrantly, vividly",
      "word": "ņipri"
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      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "vibrantly, vividly",
      "word": "kustīgi"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "vibrantly, vividly",
      "word": "z życiem"
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      "sense": "vibrantly, vividly",
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      "sense": "vibrantly, vividly",
      "word": "жи́во"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "vibrantly, vividly",
      "word": "vívidamente"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "vibrantly, vividly",
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}

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