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lifey

lifey adjective: characteristic of life (all senses).

Adjective

lifey (comparative more lifey, superlative most lifey)

  1. (informal) Characteristic of life (all senses)
    • “It's all so lifey." Janine said. “It's why we love TV so much.”2014, Anne Lamott, Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace, page 60
  2. (informal) Full of life
    • Dear little pet, my sweet wee wifie, Rejoiced am I, you are so lifey — […]1880, A. C. B. Barker, Fifty Years' Rhymes and Reminiscences, page 155

Forms of lifey

comparativemore lifey
superlativemost lifey

Origin of lifey

From Middle English lyfy, lyvy, equivalent to life + -y.

Questions about lifey

What does lifey mean?
Lifey means characteristic of life (all senses).
What part of speech is lifey?
Lifey is an adjective.

Words near lifey in the dictionary

  1. lifework
  2. lifeworks
  3. lifeworld
  4. lifeworlds
  5. lifeworthy
  6. lifey
  7. Liff
  8. LIFFE
  9. Liffey
  10. Liffey water
  11. Lifford

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