Part 6594

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Livelily</h1> <Xpage=861>

<hw>Live"li*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a lively manner.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Lamb.</i>

<h1>Liveliness</h1> <Xpage=861>

<hw>Live"li*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Lively</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The quality or state of being lively or animated; sprightliness; vivacity; animation; spirit; <as>as, the <ex>liveliness</ex> of youth, contrasted with the gravity of age</as>.</def>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An appearance of life, animation, or spirit; <as>as, the <ex>liveliness</ex> of the eye or the countenance in a portrait</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Briskness; activity; effervescence, as of liquors.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Sprightliness; gayety; animation; vivacity; smartness; briskness; activity. -- <er>Liveliness</er>, <er>Gayety</er>, <er>Animation</er>, <er>Vivacity</er>. <i>Liveliness</i> is an habitual feeling of life and interest; <i>gayety</i> refers more to a temporary excitement of the animal spirits; <i>animation</i> implies a warmth of emotion and a corresponding vividness of expressing it, awakened by the presence of something which strongly affects the mind; <i>vivacity</i> is a feeling between liveliness and animation, having the permanency of the one, and, to some extent, the warmth of the other. <i>Liveliness</i> of imagination; <i>gayety</i> of heart; <i>animation</i> of countenance; <i>vivacity</i> of gesture or conversation.</syn>

<h1>Livelode</h1> <Xpage=861>

<hw>Live"lode`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See 1st <er>Livelihood</er>.]</ety> <def>Course of life; means of support; livelihood.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Livelong</h1> <Xpage=861>

<hw>Live"long`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[For <ets>lifelong</ets>. Cf. <er>Lifelong</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Whole; entire; long in passing; -- used of time, as day or night, in adverbial phrases, and usually with a sense of tediousness.</def>

<blockquote>The obscure bird Clamored the <b>livelong</b> night. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>How could she sit the <b>livelong</b> day, Yet never ask us once to play? <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Lasting; durable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Thou hast built thyself a <b>livelong</b> monument. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lively</h1> <Xpage=861>

<hw>Live"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Livelier</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Liveliest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[For <ets>lifely</ets>. Cf. <er>Lifelike</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Endowed with or manifesting life; living.</def>

<blockquote>Chaplets of gold and silver resembling <b>lively</b> flowers and leaves. <i>Holland.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Brisk; vivacious; active; <as>as, a <ex>lively</ex> youth</as>.</def>

<blockquote>But wherefore comes old Manoa in such haste, With youthful steps ? Much <b>livelier</b> than erewhile He seems. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Gay; airy; animated; spirited.</def>

<blockquote>From grave to gay, from <b>lively</b> to severe. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Representing life; lifelike.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>I spied the <b>lively</b> picture of my father. <i>Massinger.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Bright; vivid; glowing; strong; vigorous</def>.