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looked lively

looked lively is the simple past and past participle of look lively.

Meaning of look lively

Verb

look lively (third-person singular simple present looks lively, present participle looking lively, simple past and past participle looked lively)

  1. (imperative) Synonym of look alive.
    • The train was well filled, with quite an amount of intermediate business; but station staff and passengers alike seemed ready enough to "look lively", and the result was a general "slickness" in working that augers^([sic]) well for the future.1959 June, O. S. Nock, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 408
    Synonyms:
    look alive

Questions about looked lively

What is looked lively the simple past and past participle of?
Looked lively is the simple past and past participle of look lively.

Words near looked lively in the dictionary

  1. looked like something the cat brought in
  2. looked like something the cat dragged in
  3. looked like something the cat's dragged in
  4. looked like who did it and ran
  5. looked like who did it and ran away
  6. looked lively
  7. looked off
  8. looked on
  9. looked on as
  10. looked on the black side
  11. looked on the bright side

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