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lively as a grig

lively as a grig adjective: very lively.

Adjective

lively as a grig

  1. (simile) Very lively.
    • And all the while Tom was swimming about in the river, with a pretty little lace-collar of gills about his neck, as lively as a grig, and as clean as a fresh-run salmon.1863, Charles Kingsley, The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby
    Synonyms:
    merry as a grig

Synonyms of lively as a grig

Questions about lively as a grig

What does lively as a grig mean?
Lively as a grig means very lively.
What part of speech is lively as a grig?
Lively as a grig is an adjective.

Words near lively as a grig in the dictionary

  1. livelongs
  2. livelood
  3. liveloods
  4. Livelsberger
  5. lively
  6. lively as a grig
  7. livelyhood
  8. liven
  9. liven up
  10. livened
  11. livened up

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