adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a lively resort
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It is a lively resort with plenty of bars and cafés.
a lively/vivacious personality (= liking to meet and talk to people )
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Her lively personality won her many admirers.
lively debate (= interesting and involving a lot of different opinions )
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The conference produced some lively debate.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
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Joey Beauchamp has looked as lively as sharp as any over the last few weeks.
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The atmosphere was as lively as it was at Church House itself.
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He made his lecture demonstrations as lively as possible in order to capture the interest of the undergraduates.
more
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I'd sooner go to a dance - it's more livelier .
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Models of growth-Liturgy more lively Accessible-time Tension between the informal and the formal.
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At times the Crown Prince swapped the staid dance music for rather, more lively rock and roll.
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I do feel we could be a bit more lively though!
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A reshuffle took Anderson into midfield and they looked a lot more lively .
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I look forward to hearing them again in a more lively acoustic.
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Some are very monastic, with the accent on contemplation and little talking, others are more lively .
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Historical conferences became regular and much more lively .
very
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She was very lively with a spark of her own.
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The Glasgow they evoke is a very hard and a very lively place.
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The Moots and the Law Society made the Department very lively .
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It is 2.30 am and things are very lively at Number 17 where it gets noisier by the minute.
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She wasn't used to mountains and heights were always a little alarming, especially when you had a very lively imagination.
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He, along with his three brothers is very lively and is always running about and making plenty of noise outside my house.
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Ewan is a very lively character, and good to have around.
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Very brilliant, very smart, very lively and the outstanding scholar of her year.
■ NOUN
debate
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First, there must be a continuing and lively debate on ethical matters to ensure that ethical guidance is kept up-to-date.
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As others may have different theories a genuine desire to prove a point of view leads to some lively debate .
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The conference produced some lively debate and occasionally some widely differing viewpoints.
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Needless to say, there is a continuous and lively debate about whose model is the best.
discussion
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Shoplifting has reached epidemic proportions and this gave rise to a lively discussion .
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She sat next to him at dinner that night and engaged him in a lively discussion of rope walking.
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On some evenings he will lecture with slides of his own and other nature artists' work, followed by lively discussion .
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That's what Cabinets are for, and lively discussions usually lead to good decisions.
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This meeting generated a great deal of lively discussion and useful feedback.
imagination
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She wasn't used to mountains and heights were always a little alarming, especially when you had a very lively imagination .
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You'd be wise, Miss Holbrook, to keep a firm control on your own lively imagination .
interest
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Cranston's mount became skittish and even Philomel showed a lively interest in the group round the scaffold.
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McGregor thought Amelia was particularly suited by temperament for scientific work because she had such a lively interest .
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Below him, hand in hand, staring up with lively interest , were Jenny and Antony.
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Ella's lively interest in Harold Shoosmith was shared by the rest of Thrush Green.
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This produces some lively interest-and some illuminating questions once the children overcome their inevitable reticence.
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Though essentially traditionalist, the work shows a critical spirit and a lively interest in recent discoveries and debates.
place
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It was a lively place and did good work.
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The Glasgow they evoke is a very hard and a very lively place .
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Roth got to know Bellow in Chicago, where Roth worked as a university teacher, finding it a lively place .
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Today it retains much of its charm and is a lively place full of good restaurants, cafés and pubs.
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It is a lively place in the evening too.
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At any rate, it would be a lively place !
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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lively Latin rhythms
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a lively combination of colors
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a lively dance
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a lively debate
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a lively kid
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A group of children entertained us with a lively dance called a tarantella.
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Any question about taxation is likely to produce a lively debate in parliament.
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As a speaker, he was articulate, lively , and funny.
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Garvy's novels have interesting characters and lively dialogue.
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Her face was lively and animated as she acted out the scene.
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It's the liveliest bar in town, very popular with the tourists.
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It was a lively and happy celebration.
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She was a lively and adventurous girl - not one for a quiet life.
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the lively swirls of the stream
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We got to the disco at about 10 o'clock and it was already quite lively .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All the recordings are sharp and lively , even if in some cases forty years old.
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But sometimes he seemed unnaturally flushed and lively - and it was not with drink.
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First, there must be a continuing and lively debate on ethical matters to ensure that ethical guidance is kept up-to-date.
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Hunt and Metta provide some lively moments, but Reed, a fine actor, is mostly reduced to wailing and whimpering.
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In all of present-day economics, there is no livelier writer than D. N. McCloskey.
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It also features serious drama festivals, touring shows, lively musicals and pantomime.
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She sat next to him at dinner that night and engaged him in a lively discussion of rope walking.