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Webster 1913 Edition
Liveliness
1.
The quality or state of being lively or animated; sprightliness; vivacity; animation; spirit;
as, the
. liveliness
of youth, contrasted with the gravity of ageB. Jonson.
2.
An appearance of life, animation, or spirit;
as, the
. liveliness
of the eye or the countenance in a portrait3.
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. Webster 1828 Edition
Liveliness
LI'VELINESS
,Noun.
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.2.
An appearance of life, animation or spirit; as the liveliness of the eye or countenance in a portrait.3.
Briskness; activity; effervescence, as of liquors.Definition 2024
liveliness
liveliness
English
Noun
liveliness (countable and uncountable, plural livelinesses)
Translations
the quality of being lively
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