lively

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  1. adjective Full of life and energy; vigorous: a lively baby.
  2. adjective Full of spirit; gay and animated: a lively tune.
  3. adjective Marked by animated intelligence: a lively discussion.

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  1. Middle English lifli, from Old English līflīc, from līf, life; see leip- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English lyvely, lifly, lyfly, from Anglo-Saxon līflīc, living, vital (= Swedish liflig = Danish livlig), from līf, life, + -līc: see life and -ly. Cf. lifelike.
  2. from Middle English lyvely, lifly, from Anglo-Saxon līflīce, vitally, from līflīc, living, vital: see lively, adjective
 

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/ˈlaɪvli/
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