How to use lively in a sentence

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• There was a strange quiet in the normally very lively plaza.From the entry quiet
• The book evokes a detailed and lively picture of what life was like in the 19th century.From the entry evoke
• Lively show tunes being belted out by the pianist on the grand piano.From the entry belt out
• It started out as a lively party, now it is anything but.From the entry anything but
• The professors' communications consisted of lively discussions via email.From the entry communication
• The market has a lively, carnivalesque atmosphere.From the entry carnivalesque
• In my eyes it bore a livelier image of the spirit, it seemed more express and single, than the imperfect and divided countenance.From the entry express
• O'Neil played a lively first fiddle.From the entry first fiddle
• Big Ange lolloped to the lectern, tossed her glistening mane and fixed them with a lively eye.2023 September 12, Quentin Letts, “Big Ange paid homage to the comrades with a love heart. How they whooped!”, in The Daily Mail, archived…. From the entry Big Ange
• It was rich, full and lively, with savory flavors of oregano and cumin.2022 October 6, Eric Asimov, “Echoes of a World War in Wines From the Early 1940s”, in The New York Times. From the entry Saint-Émilion
• Bustling with a lively crowd, this restaurant serves finger-licking Korean street food.2019, DK Eyewitness Top 10 London: 2020 (Travel Guide). From the entry street food
• It’s freshly squeezed and deliciously sweet, and quenches your thirst on a hot and lively summer night.2015, Robert Correll, Photo Restoration: From Snapshots to Great Shots, Peachpit Press, →ISBN. From the entry lemonadey
• Taken on its own terms, “The Human Age” is a dazzling achievement: immensely readable, lively, polymathic, audacious.2014 September 5, Rob Nixon, “Future Footprints”, in New York Times. From the entry polymathic
• By most accounts, Sam Batwi was a lively but crotchety old man.2014, Herbert W. Luthin, “Two Stories from the Yana (Yana)”, in Brian Swann, editor, Sky Loom: Native American Myth, Story, and Song…. From the entry Yanan
• Chelsea's youngsters, who looked lively throughout, then combined for the second goal in the seventh minute.2012, Chelsea 6-0 Wolves. From the entry save
• Los Angeles has one of the liveliest and most exciting nightlifes in the world.2010, Chris Carter, The Executioner, Book 2, →ISBN. From the entry nightlifes
• Even an intellectually lively society such as India has generally failed to Indianize the social sciences.2006, Syed Farid Alatas, Alternative discourses in Asian social science: responses to Eurocentrism. From the entry Indianize
• Like other readers, they enjoy good reading and delight in lively, neatly phrased ideas.2004, George Ehrenhaft, Robert L. Lehrman, Allan Mundsack, Fred Obrecht, Barron's How to Prepare for the ACT Assessment, 13th edition…. From the entry throw the bull
• The golden orange flesh of a mango lends its lively, peachy-citrusy-pineappley tropical flavor.2003, Roy Yamaguchi, Joan Namkoong, Maren Caruso, Hawaii cooks: flavors from Roy's Pacific Rim kitchen. From the entry pineappley
• These days there's considerably less bustle, but it's still a much more lively place than Tungchu Island.1998, Robert Storey, “Islands of the Taiwan Straits”, in Taiwan (Lonely Planet), 4th edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 323. From the entry Tungchu
• This area is the scene of lively produce markets and wholesale fruit markets in the morning.1994, Roger Grigsby, “Tour No. 3, Hong Kong: A Trip to the Outlying Islands—Hong Kong to Lantau Island and back”, in Taiwan, Hong Kong…. From the entry Yau Ma Ti
• Dorothy Lisonbee, the gamemistress, filled a lively evening with pioneer games and favorite Christmas carols.1992 March–April, “Tempe, Arizona Chapter Holds Installation Dinner”, in Lewis B. Murdock, editor, Pioneer, volume 39, number 2, Salt Lake…. From the entry gamemistress
• And I became Winnie, which Jimmy Louie said was a lively and lucky-sounding name.1991, Amy Tan, The Kitchen God's Wife, Vintage Books, →ISBN. From the entry winnie
• Rabbits are lively at nightfall, and when evening rain drives them underground they still feel gregarious.1972, Richard Adams, Watership Down. From the entry gregarious
• Life is lively without being raucous, the landscape is unblemished by gas stations, souvenir stands, or hot-doggeries.1967, Lawrence Martin, Sylvia Martin, “[Austria] The Vacationland”, in Europe: The Grand Tour! An Uncommon Guide, New York, N.Y.…. From the entry unblemished
• Confucius had a lively faith in T’ien and that faith was the ultimate source of his greatness.1965, John C.H. Wu, “Confucius: The Man and His Ideas”, in Chinese Humanism and Christian Spirituality, Angelico Press, published 2017…. From the entry T'ien
• So — the answer is to dream up a partyful of livelier pursuits.1953, Farm Journal - Volume 77, page 138. From the entry partyful
• "Och, man, it's only the Beltane ree," he said with a lively twinkle, enjoying our bewilderment.1952, Ursula Venables, Tempestuous Eden, page 147. From the entry ree
• The Chink was not backward to defend himself, and a very lively quarrel ensued.1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 51”, in The Moon and Sixpence. From the entry backward
• Never, in the whole voyage, did our crew spring to it in more lively fashion.1914, Jack London, The Mutiny of the Elsinore, Chapter XLVI. From the entry skysail
• "Step lively, please," said a jiffy who was sitting on the adjoining post.1908, Percy Keese Fitzhugh, King Time: Or The Mystical Land of the Hours, a Fantasy, New York and Boston: H.M. Caldwell Company, page 197. From the entry step lively
• The apars are noted, indeed, for their lively and restless manners.1907, Ernest Ingersoll, The Life of Animals: The Mammals, page 478. From the entry apar
• The guards on the underground railway are beginning to exclaim "Step lively!" Old-fashioned, conservative Britons are indignant.1907 August 1, “The Sprit of Rush”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 30 Jan 2023. From the entry step lively
• Social life among students was lively, libatious, and often irreverent.2017, Michael Wertheimer, Max Wertheimer and Gestalt Theory, page 38. From the entry libatious
• You hardly ever hear a griddler sing a lively song.2013, Gipsy Petulengro, A Romany Life. From the entry griddler
• At lively talkbacks some accused the show of overly sympathetic attitudes toward evangelicals, while others said it mocked the faithful.2009 February 1, Alexis Soloski, “One Troupe’s Heartland Pilgrimage”, in New York Times. From the entry talkbacks
• Anyway, after some lively debate and some give and take of bolloxology we left them in the room.2009, Dónal Óg Cusack, Come What May: The Autobiography. From the entry bolloxology
• Lowery’s lively head positions should be yet more elegant; Ms.2008 February 16, Alastair Macaulay, “Love’s Labors Tossed and Turned in a Survey of the Heart’s Hard Edges”, in New York Times. From the entry automatonlike

Meaning of lively

1. adjective Full of life; energetic, vivacious.
2. adjective Bright, glowing, vivid; strong, vigorous.
3. adjective Endowed with or manifesting life; living.

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Questions about lively in a sentence

How do you use lively in a sentence?

Lively is used as an adjective, noun and adverb. For example: “There was a strange quiet in the normally very lively plaza.”

What is a short sentence with lively?

“O'Neil played a lively first fiddle.”

What does lively mean?

Lively means full of life; energetic, vivacious.