Lively vs Living - What's the difference?
lively | living |
Full of life; energetic.
* 1671 , (John Milton), (Samson Agonistes)
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, title= Bright; vivid; glowing; strong; vigorous.
* 1704 , (Isaac Newton), (Opticks): Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light
* 1688 , (Robert South), Sacramental Preparation: Set forth in a Sermon on Matthew 5, 12.
(archaic) Endowed with or manifesting life; living.
* c. 1600 , (Philemon Holland)
(archaic) Representing life; lifelike.
* 1632 , (Philip Massinger) and (Nathan Field), (The Fatal Dowry)
(archaic) Airy; animated; spirited.
* 1734 , (Alexander Pope), (An Essay on Man)
(of beer) Fizzy; foamy; tending to produce a large head in the glass.
(nautical)
* 1846 , (Herman Melville), (Typee)
(obsolete) In a lifelike manner.
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*, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.220-1:
Vibrantly, vividly.
Having life.
* :
In use or existing.
Of everyday life.
True to life.
(uncountable) The state of being alive.
Financial means; a means of maintaining life; livelihood
A style of life.
(canon law) A position in a church (usually the Church of England) that has attached to it a source of income. The holder of the position receives its revenue for the performance of stipulated duties.
As adjectives the difference between lively and living
is that lively is full of life; energetic while living is having life.As nouns the difference between lively and living
is that lively is Term of address.living is the state of being alive.As an adverb lively
is in a lifelike manner.As a proper noun Lively
is {{surname}.As a verb living is
present participle of lang=en.lively
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) lyvely, lifly, from (etyl) .Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Adjective
(er)- But wherefore comes old Manoa in such haste, / With youthful steps? Much livelier than erewhile / He seems.
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.}}
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.}}
- The colours of the prism are manifestly more full, intense, and lively that those of natural bodies.
- His faith must be not only living, but lively too.
- chaplets of gold and silver resembling lively flowers and leaves
- I spied the lively picture of my father.
- From grave to gay, from lively to severe.
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 livelyNoun
(livelies)- Speak the word, my livelies , and I'll pilot her in.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Adverb
(en adverb)- Him to a dainty flowre she did transmew, / Which in that cloth was wrought, as if it liuely grew.
- the Painter Protogenes .
Anagrams
* *living
English
(wikipedia living)Verb
(head)Adjective
(-)- It is also pertinent to note that the current obvious decline in work on holarctic hepatics most surely reflects a current obsession with cataloging and with nomenclature of the organisms—as divorced from their study as living entities.
- Hunanese is a living language.
- These living conditions are deplorable.
- This is the living image of Fidel Castro.
- He almost beat the living daylights out of me.
Antonyms
* dead * nonlivingDerived terms
* living death * living end * livingly * living room * living thing * living willNoun
- What do you do for a living ?
- plain living