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Traditional English :: lively
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lively.html - adj. 1 full of life; vigorous, energetic. 2 brisk (a lively pace). 3 vivid, stimulating (a lively discussion). 4 vivacious, jolly, sociable. 5 joc. exciting, dangerous, difficult (the press is making things lively for them). 6 (of a colour) bright and vivid. 7 lifelike, realistic (a lively description). 8 (of a boat etc.) rising lightly to the waves. livelily adv. liveliness n. [OE liflic (as LIFE, -LY(1))] |
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Traditional English :: livelihood
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lively.html - n. a means of living; sustenance. [OE liflad f. lif LIFE + lad course (see LOAD ): assim. to obs. livelihood liveliness] |
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Traditional English :: livelong(1)
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lively.html - adj. poet. or rhet. in its entire length or apparently so (the livelong day). [ME lefe longe (as LIEF, LONG(1)): assim. to LIVE(1)] |
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Traditional English :: livelong(2)
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lively.html - n.
an orpine. [LIVE(1) + LONG(1)] |
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Traditional English :: lively
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lively.html - adj. 1 full of life; vigorous, energetic. 2 brisk (a lively pace). 3 vivid, stimulating (a lively discussion). 4 vivacious, jolly, sociable. 5 joc. exciting, dangerous, difficult (the press is making things lively for them). 6 (of a colour) bright and vivid. 7 lifelike, realistic (a lively description). 8 (of a boat etc.) rising lightly to the waves. livelily adv. liveliness n. [OE liflic (as LIFE, -LY(1))] |
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English Idioms :: live
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lively.html - See: PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULD NOT THROW STONES. |
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