Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a living state or manner; by the course or way of life.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a living state.
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- adverb In
actual livingexperience ,vitally ,really . - adverb
Realistically ; as if experienced in life or as ifalive .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The rear of the chorus is one vast riot of rococo sculpture, representing I do not know what mystical event; but down through the midst of the livingly studied performance a mighty angel comes plunging, with his fine legs following his torso through the air, like those of a diver taking a header into the water.
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No. Only in the heart of quickest perils; only when within the eddyings of his angry flukes; only on the profound unbounded sea, can the fully invested whale be truly and livingly found out.
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Wavelets blinked beneath violet heaven, chuckled, swirled, joined livingly with his muscles to drive the kayak onward.
The Day Of Their Return Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1973
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Wavelets blinked beneath violet heaven, chuckled, swirled, joined livingly with his muscles to drive the kayak onward.
The Day of Their Return Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1973
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Keep your hearts pure and your hands clean, therefore; for these things that you sell for dead shall one day livingly confront you, and tell their own story of your life and your nature with terrible honesty to men and angels.
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At another time the precious promise, "Because thou hast made the Lord thy habitation, there shall no evil befall thee," came livingly before me, and then I felt how far short of the terms I had fallen.
A Brief Memoir with Portions of the Diary, Letters, and Other Remains, of Eliza Southall, Late of Birmingham, England Eliza Southall
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It is not necessary that much should be taught in youth, but that a little should be taught philosophically, profoundly, livingly.
Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American Various
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I became livingly sensible of the agonies of Prometheus with the daily vulture gnawing at his vitals.
Study and Stimulants; Or, the Use of Intoxicants and Narcotics in Relation to Intellectual Life Alfred Arthur Reade
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Every time the grand old truths are livingly uttered, the world thinks it never heard them before.
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It is not necessary that much should be taught in youth, but that a little should be taught philosophically, profoundly, livingly.
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