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See more synonyms for vivid on Thesaurus.com strikingly bright or intense, as color, light, etc.: a vivid green. full of life; lively; animated: a vivid personality. presenting the appearance, freshness, spirit, etc., of life; realistic: a vivid account. strong, distinct, or clearly perceptible: a vivid recollection. forming distinct and striking mental images: a vivid imagination. Show More
Origin of vivid 1630–40; <
Latin vīvidus lively, equivalent to
vīv(ere ) to live (see
vital ) +
-idus -id4 Related forms viv·id·ly , adverb viv·id·ness , vi·vid·i·ty , noun o·ver·viv·id , adjective o·ver·viv·id·ly , adverb o·ver·viv·id·ness , noun un·viv·id , adjective un·viv·id·ly , adverb un·viv·id·ness , noun Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Examples from the Web for vividly Contemporary Examples of vividly I vividly recall, that day and the weeks afterward, people groping for a decent way forward.
On video, Raymond Santana was smug, boastful, and nonchalant by turns, vividly reenacting who did what during the rape.
Has it not been vividly described in all its horror by Eli Wiesel and others?
He vividly remembers Shirley Tilghman, then the president of Princeton, asking for his prediction.
His letters to them show how their predicament brought his own vividly back to him.
Historical Examples of vividly I vividly remember the first occasion on which I saw Bismarck.
It all came back to me vividly now and I tried to tell what I had seen.
I saw the Tennyson funeral in the Abbey, and remember it vividly .
How she works, how she studies, how she suffers, are vividly portrayed.
But piracy in the far future, when presented as vividly as in this story, can be scary stuff.
British Dictionary definitions for vividly (of a colour) very bright; having a very high saturation or purity; produced by a pure or almost pure colouring agent brilliantly coloured vivid plumage conveying to the mind striking realism, freshness, or trueness to life; graphic a vivid account (of a recollection, memory, etc) remaining distinct in the mind (of the imagination, etc) prolific in the formation of lifelike images making a powerful impact on the emotions or senses a vivid feeling of shame uttered, operating, or acting with vigour vivid expostulations full of life or vitality a vivid personality Show More
Derived Forms vividly , adverb vividness , noun Word Origin for vivid C17: from Latin vīvidus animated, from vīvere to live
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Word Origin and History for vividly adj. 1630s, from Latin vividus "spirited, animated, lively," from vivus "alive," from PIE *gwei- (see vital ). Extension to colors is first recorded 1660s. Sense of "strong, distinct" (as of memories, etc.) is from 1680s; that of "very active or intense" (as of imagination, interest, etc.) is from 1853. Related: Vividly ; vividness .
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