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stepping lively

stepping lively is the present participle and gerund of step lively.

Meaning of step lively

Verb

step lively (third-person singular simple present steps lively, present participle stepping lively, simple past and past participle stepped lively)

  1. (US, dated, idiomatic, imperative, usually) To move quickly; to hurry along.
    • Our London correspondent informs us that the "spirit of rush" possesses London. The motor omnibuses reach a speed rate of four miles an hour. 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

Questions about stepping lively

What is stepping lively the present participle and gerund of?
Stepping lively is the present participle and gerund of step lively.

Words near stepping lively in the dictionary

  1. stepping in
  2. stepping into
  3. stepping into someone's shoes
  4. stepping into the breach
  5. stepping it
  6. stepping lively
  7. stepping motor
  8. stepping motors
  9. stepping off
  10. stepping on
  11. stepping on a frog

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