vividly

[viv-id-lee]

adverb

1. extremely brightly or intensely.

   Black and white photos of local greats like Caetano Veloso and Gal Costa vie for space with vividly colored paintings of small-town Brazilian life.

2. in a lively, animated, or dramatic way.

   The book vividly brings to life the Tuscan countryside and the fascinating world of the Renaissance poets.

3. in a particularly realistic way.

   The fort, its demolition, and the fears of the townspeople are vividly described in the book.

4. in a distinct or clearly perceptible way.

   I vividly remember days spent roaring down two-lane blacktop roads with Davis at the wheel of his black Mustang.

Other Word Forms

• overvividly adverb
• unvividly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of vividly¹

vivid ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

“I vividly remember his outings against us in spring training,” Hill said.

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From the 1950s through the ’70s, he elevated schlock to an art form with films like “The Little Shop of Horrors” and his vividly stylized Edgar Allan Poe adaptations starring Vincent Price.

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Thomas Shaw remembers a particular summer day in August 2022 vividly.

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The men are more vividly rendered than the women, but the whole display reads like a prequel to “Succession.”

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Deftly unraveling the tangled politics of the moment, Mr. Wallace vividly shows La Guardia juggling factions of fusionist Republicans, communists, interventionists, isolationists, Tammany pols and a rat’s nest of the city’s fierce ethnic rivalries.

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Related Words

• distinctly 
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• strongly