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fluctuating
English
Verb
fluctuating
- present participle of fluctuate
Noun
fluctuating (plural fluctuatings)
- A fluctuation.
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lively
English
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?la?vli/
Etymology 1
From Middle English lyvely, lifly, from Old English l?fl?? (“living, lively, long-lived, necessary to life, vital”), equivalent to life +? -ly. Cognate with Scots lively, lifely (“of or pertaining to life, vital, living, life-like”). Doublet of lifely.
Alternative forms
- lifely (obsolete)
Adjective
lively (comparative livelier, superlative liveliest)
- Full of life; energetic.
- Bright, glowing, vivid; strong, vigorous.
- 1704, Isaac Newton, Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light
- The colours of the prism are manifestly more full, intense, and lively that those of natural bodies.
- 1688, Robert South, Sacramental Preparation: Set forth in a Sermon on Matthew 5, 12.
- His faith must be not only living, but lively too.
- 1704, Isaac Newton, Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light
- (archaic) Endowed with or manifesting life; living.
- c. 1600, Philemon Holland
- chaplets of gold and silver resembling lively flowers and leaves
- c. 1600, Philemon Holland
- (archaic) Representing life; lifelike.
- 1632, Philip Massinger and Nathan Field, The Fatal Dowry
- I spied the lively picture of my father.
- 1632, Philip Massinger and Nathan Field, The Fatal Dowry
- (archaic) Airy; animated; spirited.
- (of beer) Fizzy; foamy; tending to produce a large head in the glass.
Usage notes
- Nouns to which "lively" is often applied: person, character, lady, woman, man, audience, personality, art, guide, activity, game, lesson, introduction, discussion, debate, writing, image, town, city, village, etc.
Synonyms
- (full of life): frisky, peppy, zestful; see also Thesaurus:active
- (vivid, strong, vigorous): intense
- (endowed with or manifesting life): extant, live, vital; see also Thesaurus:alive
- (representing life): lifey, limned, naturalistic,
- (fizzy, foamy): frothy, spumescent
Derived terms
- liveliness
- look lively
Translations
Noun
lively (plural livelies)
- (nautical, informal) Term of address.
- 1846, Herman Melville, Typee
- Speak the word, my livelies, and I'll pilot her in.
- 1846, Herman Melville, Typee
Etymology 2
From Middle English lyvely, lifly, from Old English l?fl??e, equivalent to life +? -ly.
Adverb
lively (comparative more lively, superlative most lively)
- Vigorously.
- Vibrantly, vividly.
- (obsolete) In a lifelike manner.
- , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.220-1:
- the Painter Protogenes […] having perfected the image of a wearie and panting dog, […] but being unable, as he desired, lively to represent the drivel or slaver of his mouth, vexed against his owne worke, took his spunge, and moist as it was with divers colours, threw it at the picture […].
- , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.220-1:
Translations
Anagrams
- evilly, vilely
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