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 Wounds of a Civil War livelily set forth, in the true Tragedies of Marius and Sylla, London 1594.
From The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume I. by Theophilus Cibber
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
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
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
"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
