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outgoing | lively |

As adjectives the difference between outgoing and lively

is that outgoing is comfortable in social settings and interactions; confident in dealing with people especially in meeting new people; gregarious while lively is full of life; energetic.

As nouns the difference between outgoing and lively

is that outgoing is the act of leaving or going out; exit, departure while lively is Term of address.

As a verb outgoing

is present participle of lang=en.

As an adverb lively is

in a lifelike manner.

As a proper noun Lively is

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outgoing

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Comfortable in social settings and interactions; confident in dealing with people especially in meeting new people; gregarious.
    • Tom is very outgoing and enjoys meeting people; his brother, on the other hand, is painfully shy.
  • * 2003 , Bernardo J. Carducci, Lisa Kaiser, The Shyness Breakthrough , page 124,
    • Quieter parents, who prefer a less stimulating lifestyle, may be baffled and challenged by these same outgoing kids.
  • * 1996 , Stanley I. Greenspan, Jacqueline Salmon, The Challenging Child: Understanding, Raising, and Enjoying the Five “Difficult” Types of Children , page 308,
    • The outgoing former leader may have difficulty slowing down, being reflective, and studying and may be insensitive in a close relationship.
  • * 2006 , Direct Selling Women's Alliance, More Build It Big: 101 Insider Secrets from Top Direct Selling Experts , page 264,
    • Think of it this way: Some people are more outgoing , while others are more reserved.
  • * 2010 , Ruth Ames, This Totally Bites! , back cover,
    • Twelve-year-old Emma-Rose Paley has always felt very different from her bubbly, outgoing parents.
  • (not comparable) Going out, on its way out.
    • Is there any outgoing post?
  • * 1917 August 27, ,
    • In the neighborhood of each defensive sea area the following entrances are designated for incoming and outgoing' vessels: ''Atlantic''. Designated entrance for outgoing vessels: Canal prism.
  • * 1922 , ', Volume I, Part III,
    • There is struggle for food, accentuated by the fact that small items tend to be swept away by the outgoing tide or to sink down the slope to deep water.
  • * 1946 , , Chapter 26,
    • By KRIYA, the outgoing life force is not wasted and abused in the senses, but constrained to reunite with subtler spinal energies.
  • (not comparable) Being replaced in office (while still in office but after election has determined that he/she will be replaced).
    • The outgoing politician wasn't too disappointed he'd lost the election; he was tired of political infighting.
  • * 1893 , ,
    • that, by an arrangement between the outgoing' and incoming marshal, the latter was to have the fees earned upon all writs in the hands of the deputies of the former at the date the office changed hands. It further appeared that the ' outgoing marshal made no claim to these fees.
  • * 1957 , ,
    • The outgoing Board of Governors shall designate for membership on the Board the ten members most advanced in the technology of atomic energy including the production of source materials,
  • * 1998 , ,
    • As of this day too, the Seventh Development Cabinet is outgoing and to the ministers I express my thanks.

    Antonyms

    * incoming

    Derived terms

    * outgoingly * outgoingness

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of leaving or going out; exit, departure.
  • * Bible, Psalms lxv. 8
    • the outgoings of the morning and evening
  • * Jonathan Edwards
  • (chiefly, in the plural) Money that leaves one's possession; expenditure, outlay, expense
  • The extreme limit; the place of ending.
  • * Bible, Josh, xviii. 19
    • The outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea, at the south end of Jordan.

    Synonyms

    * outgang

    Verb

    (head)

    • Anagrams

    *

    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

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