liveliness

  • 1Liveliness — 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. [1913 Webster] 2. An appearance of life …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2liveliness — index ardor, dispatch (promptness), life (vitality), spirit Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 3liveliness — lively ► ADJECTIVE (liveier, liveliest) 1) full of life and energy. 2) (of a place) full of activity. 3) intellectually stimulating or perceptive. ● look lively Cf. ↑look sharp …

    English terms dictionary

  • 4liveliness — noun see lively …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 5liveliness — See livelily. * * * …

    Universalium

  • 6liveliness — noun ˈlaɪvlinəs The quality of being lively; animation; energy …

    Wiktionary

  • 7liveliness — Synonyms and related words: activity, adaptability, alacrity, animal spirits, animate existence, animation, anxiety, anxiousness, appetite, ardency, ardor, avidity, avidness, being alive, birth, bite, bounce, bounciness, breathless impatience,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 8liveliness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. animation, vivacity, sprightliness, pep (sl.). See activity, cheerfulness, feeling, vigor. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. animation, energy, spiritedness, briskness; see action 1 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) …

    English dictionary for students

  • 9liveliness — live·li·ness || laɪvlɪnɪs n. quality of being energetic and full of life; animation, vivaciousness; excitement, activity; quality of being sharp and clear (as of memories); vividness; quality of being striking or effective; briskness …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 10liveliness — n. 1. Sprightliness, vivacity, animation, spirit, briskness, activity. 2. Activity, effervescence …

    New dictionary of synonyms