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

Past designs have come to her suddenly and vividly, from car rides to conversations, usually resulting in her working to execute this specific imagination for hours on end.

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Neither in the movie nor in the musical do these vividly tasteless and self-regarding figures come across as appealing, although the musical does succeed in softening them with humor and amplifies Jackie’s backstory.

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Muhammad Olanya, who was 17 at the time, still remembers that night vividly.

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The image of Ginsberg that vividly emerges is that of an angry, bushily bearded man, polemicizing about corporations and the Times’s malign influence, and often breaking out in spiritualist chanting, all to Hujar’s profound disinterest.

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I vividly recall New Yorkers applauding his motorcade that October as it passed through a worried city.

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Related Words

• distinctly 
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• strongly