lively
adjective
full or suggestive of life or vital energy; active, vigorous, or brisk.
livelily
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a word derived from
lively.
Example Sentences
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The wind being on their beam, and so fresh, they came lurching along in merry mood, leaping livelily from wave to wave,Page 233 dashing the water to either hand.
From From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
Drayton had binoculars in hand; and, while himself conning the ship, was livelily interested in what was passing around.
From From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
Their way of fighting is livelily set down by Cæsar.
From Miscellanies Upon Various Subjects by John Aubrey
The flaming Lightning which we see Around the Heavens run, Do livelily now represent The Conflagration.
From Curiosities of History Boston, September Seventeenth, 1630-1880 by William W. Wheildon
"That's your fancy," I answered livelily; but not without the fear that internal mortification was ensuing.
From A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition by William A. Ross
