LIVELY


Meaning of LIVELY in English

(livelier, liveliest)

1.

You can describe someone as ~ when they behave in an enthusiastic and cheerful way.

Josephine was bright, ~ and cheerful.

ADJ

liveliness

Amy could sense his liveliness even from where she stood.

N-UNCOUNT

2.

A ~ event or a ~ discussion, for example, has lots of interesting and exciting things happening or being said in it.

It turned out to be a very interesting session with a ~ debate...

Their 4-1 win in Honduras was a particularly ~ affair.

ADJ: usu ADJ n

liveliness

Some may enjoy the liveliness of such a restaurant for a few hours a day or week.

N-UNCOUNT

3.

Someone who has a ~ mind is intelligent and interested in a lot of different things.

She was a very well educated girl with a ~ mind, a girl with ambition.

...her very ~ imagination.

ADJ: usu ADJ n

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