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ADJECTIVE lively COMPARATIVE livelier SUPERLATIVE liveliest
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lively English

Meaning lively meaning

What does lively mean?
Definitions in simple English

lively

Someone that is lively is full of life and energy. She had a lively conversation with her new boyfriend.

lively

full of life and energy a lively discussion lively and attractive parents a lively party (= racy) full of zest or vigor a racy literary style filled with events or activity a lively period in history (= full of life, vital) full of spirit a dynamic full of life woman a vital and charismatic leader this whole lively world (= bouncy, resilient, springy) elastic; rebounds readily clean bouncy hair a lively tennis ball as resilient as seasoned hickory springy turf (= brisk, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking) 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

Synonyms lively synonyms

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Topics lively topics

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Examples lively examples

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Simple sentences

This street is lively.
This town isn't lively.
I like boys to be lively.
The conversation at table is lively and interesting.
My grandfather is 90 years old and very lively.
He characterized her as lively.
With her unusually lively gestures, she pulled our attention onto her.
It was a lively coming and going. No one stayed long.
Nancy has a very lively and sweet temperament.
She has a lively interest in everything around us.
People need to be more lively when presenting their work.
It's simply surprising, how a modest attempt by a foreigner to compose a Russian sentence ultimately leads to two Russian speakers engaging in a lively discussion about their native language.
They're lively dogs.
My group is always lively.

Movie subtitles

You said he was in a lively mood.
Lively is another word for quite pissed, but yes.
Although it certainly feels like a lively one.
Look lively! Come on!
Now, come on, look lively there!
Aloft! Loose that mizzen topsail, lively.
Come on, boys, step lively.
Step lively up there now!
That's a fine, lively conversation when a lady wants a drink.
Your lordship is still lively.
Lively there now. We haven't got all night.
They say she has quite a lively wit.
Ugh! A provincial young lady with a lively wit.
It's lively enough.
Step lively down there.
Old man hyena sounds pretty lively.
Lively, lads.
Lively, old buzzing bees.
Look lively now.
Step lively, men.
Lively there now.
Lively, now.
Make it lively!
Lively with those winches!
She was a lively, grateful lady. Countess Beauchamp Dubourg de Catinax!
Lively with it, Patience, my dear.
Come on, you blokes, keep 'em moving! Lively there now.
Look lively.
Lively, make it lively.
All right, step lively, men.
Come on, step lively.
Mulled wine, heavy on the cinnamon and light on the cloves. Off with you, me lad, and be lively!
Not one of the seven lively, perhaps, but an art, nevertheless.
Let's have a lively one now.

News and current affairs

It is disturbing to witness the deterioration of a once elegant, intellectually lively, and highly independent companion of more than four decades.
LONDON - Very soon after the magnitude of the 2008 financial crisis became clear, a lively debate began about whether central banks and regulators could - and should - have done more to head it off.
As a result, the fierce and lively debate - in Turkey and much more emphatically in the EU - about whether Turkey really belongs to Europe has continued, despite the start of negotiations.
Parliament was lively, but essentially powerless.
The debate about individual income supplements versus general public services has become lively everywhere.
Inequality adds color and variety to societies; it is one of the marks of lively, flexible, and innovative countries.
Overall, Kuwait has always had a lively political life, with freedom of expression and less political repression than is common in neighboring countries.
For the first time, there is lively and intelligent debate around this issue, which is at the core of the Middle East's problems.
University seminars in Rio are as lively as those in Cambridge, Mass or Cambridge U.K.
In Israel's lively market of ideological debates, the fact that Livni is a woman is almost beside the point.
Kiev now possesses a lively cafe life, and bright public places where people can relax and enjoy life.
Turkey has a lively civil society, with proudly independent institutions that include some renowned universities.
It promises to be an interesting, lively, and significant debate.
CAMBRIDGE - Robert Gordon of Northwestern University has launched a lively and important debate about the future rate of economic growth in the United States.
Even the conservative states of the Arabian Peninsula are embroiled in lively disputes about women ministers, Shia representation, Islamist participation in the political process, and even the future of their ruling monarchies.
Where do I stand in this lively debate?
But this did not appear to be a majority sentiment, nor did it stop anyone from engaging in lively discussion of how the R2P doctrine could be most effectively implemented in practice.
Radio call-in shows have burgeoned and public discourse is at its most lively.

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