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lively | brisky |

As adjectives the difference between lively and brisky

is that lively is full of life; energetic while brisky is somewhat brisk; lively; energetic.

As nouns the difference between lively and brisky

is that lively is Term of address.brisky is a britchka, a type of horse-drawn carriage.

As an adverb lively

is in a lifelike manner.

As a proper noun Lively

is {{surname}.

lively

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) lyvely, lifly, from (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete)

Adjective

(er)
  • Full of life; energetic.
  • * 1671 , (John Milton), (Samson Agonistes)
    • But wherefore comes old Manoa in such haste, / With youthful steps? Much livelier than erewhile / He seems.
  • * , chapter=7
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=[…] St.?Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.}}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 29, author=Jon Smith, work=BBC Sport
    • , title= Tottenham 3-1 Shamrock Rovers , passage=But with the lively Dos Santos pulling the strings behind strikers Pavlyuchenko and Defoe, Spurs controlled the first half without finding the breakthrough their dominance deserved.}}
  • Bright; vivid; glowing; strong; vigorous.
  • * 1704 , (Isaac Newton), (Opticks): Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light
    • The colours of the prism are manifestly more full, intense, and lively that those of natural bodies.
  • * 1688 , (Robert South), Sacramental Preparation: Set forth in a Sermon on Matthew 5, 12.
    • His faith must be not only living, but lively too.
  • (archaic) Endowed with or manifesting life; living.
  • * c. 1600 , (Philemon Holland)
    • chaplets of gold and silver resembling lively flowers and leaves
  • (archaic) Representing life; lifelike.
  • * 1632 , (Philip Massinger) and (Nathan Field), (The Fatal Dowry)
    • I spied the lively picture of my father.
  • (archaic) Airy; animated; spirited.
  • * 1734 , (Alexander Pope), (An Essay on Man)
    • From grave to gay, from lively to severe.
  • (of beer) Fizzy; foamy; tending to produce a large head in the glass.
    • Usage notes
    * Nouns to which "lively" is often applied: person, character, lady, woman, man, audience, personality, art, guide, activity, game, lesson, introduction, discussion, debate, writing, image, town, city, village, etc.
    Derived terms
    * look lively

    Noun

    (livelies)
  • (nautical)
  • * 1846 , (Herman Melville), (Typee)
    • Speak the word, my livelies , and I'll pilot her in.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (obsolete) In a lifelike manner.
  • * , III.i:
    • Him to a dainty flowre she did transmew, / Which in that cloth was wrought, as if it liuely grew.
  • *, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.220-1:
    • the Painter Protogenes .
  • Vibrantly, vividly.

    • Anagrams

    * *

    brisky

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (rare) Somewhat brisk; lively; energetic.Oxford English Dictionary , second edition (1989)
  • * , Midsummer Night's Dream , act 3, sc. 1:
    • Flute: Most radiant Pyramus, most lily-white of hue,
    Of colour like the red rose on triumphant brier,
    Most brisky juvenal and eke most lovely Jew,
    As true as truest horse that yet would never tire
  • * 1841 , , Old St. Paul's , book 4, ch. 2:
    • [H]e kept his eyes steadily fixed upon the ground, and walked at a brisky pace, as if desirous of getting out of the city as quickly as possible.
  • * 1960 Jan. 31, " Bon Voyage, Cold Front," Miami News (USA), page 1 (retrieved 25 Oct 2011):
    • Miami's latest cold front slipped on out over the ocean early yesterday, leaving behind more than a slight chill, brisky winds and a few showers.
  • * 1960 Oct. 21, Muriel Lawrence, " Irritation Result of Weakness," Victoria Advocate (USA), page 3 (retrieved 25 Oct 2011):
    • His secretary jumps when he rings; his brisky independent way with important customers is the envy of his sales staff.

    Noun

  • A britchka, a type of horse-drawn carriage.
  • * , "Why the Little Frenchman Wears his Hand in a Sling":
    • Och! and wouldn't it be a blessed thing for your spirrits if ye cud lay your two peepers jist, upon Sir Pathrick O'Grandison, Barronitt, when he is all riddy drissed for the hopperer, or stipping into the Brisky for the drive into the Hyde Park.
  • * 1841 , , Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush , ch. 17:
    • Well, the nex day came: at 12 the carridge-and-four was waiting at the ambasdor's doar; and Miss Griffin and the faithfle Kicksey were punctial to the apintment.
    I don't wish to digscribe the marridge seminary—how the embasy chapling jined the hands of this loving young couple—how one of the embasy footmin was called in to witness the marridge—how Miss wep and fainted as usial—and how Deuceace carried her, fainting, to the brisky , and drove off to Fontingblo.
  • * 2010 , Robin Adair, Death and the Running Patterer , ISBN 9780425237038, Penguin, online edition:
    • The captain called for his carriage. . . . [T]he platterer was glad that Rossi's choice of transport was a brisky , and not a smaller vehicle. . . . Two horses gave it power and its light body, made largely of woven wicker, gave it roominess and speed.

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