[liv.ing] adj (bef. 12c) 1 a: having life b: active, functioning "~ languages"
2. a: exhibiting the life or motion of nature: natural "the wilderness is a ~ museum ... of natural history --NEA Jour." b:
[2]live 2a 3 a: full of life or vigor b: true to life: vivid "televised in ~ color" c: suited for living "the ~ area"
4: involving living persons
5: very--used as an intensive "scared the ~ daylights out of me" -- liv.ing.ness n
[2]living n (14c) 1: the condition of being alive
2. a: means of subsistence: livelihood "earning a ~" b archaic: estate, property c Brit: benefice 1
3: conduct or manner of life "the collegiate way of ~ --J. B. Conant"