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Liveliness

Liveliness Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Liveliness? [n] general activity and motion [n] animation and energy in action or expression; "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Liveliness: animation \| life \| spirit \| sprightliness Related Terms \| Find terms related to Liveliness: activity \| adaptability \| alacrity \| animal spirits \| animate existence \| animation \| anxiety \| anxiousness \| appetite \| ardency \| ardor \| avidity \| avidness \| being alive \| birth \| bite \| bounce \| bounciness \| breathless impatience \| breeziness \| brio \| briskness \| bubbliness \| buoyance \| buoyancy \| capersomeness \| cheerful readiness \| coltishness \| dash \| eagerness \| ebullience \| ecstasy \| effervescence \| elan \| elasticity \| energy \| enthusiasm \| esprit \| excitement \| existence \| extensibility \| exuberance \| fervency \| fervidness \| fervor \| fire \| flexibility \| forwardness \| friskiness \| frolicsomeness \| furor \| fury \| gaiety \| gamesomeness \| gayness \| ginger \| give \| glow \| gust \| gusto \| guts \| having life \| heart \| heartiness \| heat \| hotness \| immortality \| impassionedness \| impatience \| impetuosity \| impetus \| joie de vivre \| keen desire \| keenness \| kick \| life \| lifetime \| living \| long life \| longevity \| lustiness \| mettle \| moxie \| nip \| nippiness \| passion \| passionateness \| pep \| pepperiness \| peppiness \| perkiness \| pertness \| piquancy \| piss and vinegar \| pizzazz \| playfulness \| poignancy \| promptness \| punch \| pungency \| quickness \| raciness \| readiness \| rebound \| relish \| resilience \| resiliency \| responsiveness \| robustness \| rollicksomeness \| rompishness \| savor \| skittishness \| snap \| snappiness \| soul \| sparkle \| spice \| spiciness \| spirit \| spiritedness \| spirits \| sportiveness \| sprightliness \| spring \| springiness \| spriteliness \| stretch \| stretchability \| stretchiness \| tang \| tanginess \| tone \| tonicity \| tonus \| vehemence \| verve \| viability \| vigor \| vim \| vitality \| vivaciousness \| vivacity \| vividness \| warmth \| warmth of feeling \| zeal \| zest \| zestfulness \| zip See Also \| activity \| airiness \| alacrity \| animation \| breeziness \| brio \| briskness \| buoyancy \| delicacy \| ebullience \| elan \| energy \| enthusiasm \| esprit \| exuberance \| ginger \| high-spiritedness \| invigoration \| irrepressibility \| jauntiness \| pep \| peppiness \| spiritedness \| vigor \| vigour \| vim \| vivification Liveliness In Webster's Dictionary \Live"li*ness\, n. [From {Lively}.] 1. The quality or state of being lively or animated; sprightliness; vivacity; animation; spirit; as, the liveliness of youth, contrasted with the gravity of age. --B. Jonson. 2. An appearance of life, animation, or spirit; as, the liveliness of the eye or the countenance in a portrait. 3. Briskness; activity; effervescence, as of liquors. Syn: Sprightliness; gayety; animation; vivacity; smartness; briskness; activity. -- {Liveliness}, {Gayety}, {Animation}, {Vivacity}. Liveliness is an habitual feeling of life and interest; gayety refers more to a temporary excitement of the animal spirits; animation implies a warmth of emotion and a corresponding vividness of expressing it, awakened by the presence of something which strongly affects the mind; vivacity is a feeling between liveliness and animation, having the permanency of the one, and, to some extent, the warmth of the other. Liveliness of imagination; gayety of heart; animation of countenance; vivacity of gesture or conversation.

Liveliness Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Liveliness?

[n] general activity and motion
[n] animation and energy in action or expression; "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Liveliness: animation | life | spirit | sprightliness

Liveliness In Webster's Dictionary

\Live"li*ness\, n. [From {Lively}.]
1. The quality or state of being lively or animated;
   sprightliness; vivacity; animation; spirit; as, the
   liveliness of youth, contrasted with the gravity of age.
   --B. Jonson.

2. An appearance of life, animation, or spirit; as, the
   liveliness of the eye or the countenance in a portrait.

3. Briskness; activity; effervescence, as of liquors.

Syn: Sprightliness; gayety; animation; vivacity; smartness;
     briskness; activity. -- {Liveliness}, {Gayety},
     {Animation}, {Vivacity}. Liveliness is an habitual
     feeling of life and interest; gayety refers more to a
     temporary excitement of the animal spirits; animation
     implies a warmth of emotion and a corresponding
     vividness of expressing it, awakened by the presence of
     something which strongly affects the mind; vivacity is a
     feeling between liveliness and animation, having the
     permanency of the one, and, to some extent, the warmth
     of the other. Liveliness of imagination; gayety of
     heart; animation of countenance; vivacity of gesture or
     conversation.

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