liveliest

Adjective

lively (comparative livelier, superlative liveliest)

1. Full of life; energetic, vivacious.
   • But wherefore comes old Manoa in such haſt, / With youthful ſteps? much livelier then e're while / He ſeems.1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 85, lines...

   Synonyms:

   high-spirited

2. Bright, glowing, vivid; strong, vigorous.
   • The colours of the prism are manifestly more full, intense, and lively that those of natural bodies.1704, Isaac Newton, Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light

   Synonyms:

   intense, smart

3. (archaic) Endowed with or manifesting life; living.
   • chaplets of gold and silver resembling lively flowers and leavesc. 1600, Philemon Holland

   Synonyms:

   extant

4. (archaic) Representing life; lifelike.
   • I spied the lively picture of my father.1632, Philip Massinger, Nathan Field, The Fatal Dowry

   Synonyms:

   lifey, limned, naturalistic

5. (archaic) Airy; animated; spirited.
   • From grave to gay, from lively to ſevere, [...]1734, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], epistle IV, London: […] J[ohn] Wilford, […], →OCLC, page 80, line 775
6. Fizzy; foamy; tending to produce a large head in the glass.

   Synonyms:

   frothy, spumescent

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