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vively

vively adverb: in a lively manner.

Adverb

vively (comparative more vively, superlative most vively)

  1. (obsolete) In a lively manner.
    • a thing vively represented on the stage1632 (first performance), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “The Magnetick Lady: Or, Humors Reconcil’d. A Comedy […]”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second Folio)...

Forms of vively

comparativemore vively
superlativemost vively

Origin of vively

Compare French vivre (“to live”).

Questions about vively

What does vively mean?
Vively means in a lively manner.
What part of speech is vively?
Vively is an adverb.

Words near vively in the dictionary

  1. vivda
  2. vive
  3. vive la difference
  4. vive la différence
  5. Vivek
  6. vively
  7. vivency
  8. Viverette
  9. Viverettes
  10. viverid
  11. Vivero

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