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.

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* {{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.