livelily

adv

livelily

adv

/ˈlaɪvlɪli/

Etymology From lively + -ly.

1

In a lively manner.

  • They were friends, travelling together;⁠—they began to say we. Ah! how pathetic is that we, when pronounced by love! How timid, yet how livelily expressed, is the declaration which it contains!1807, [Germaine] de Staël Holstein, translated by D[ennis] Lawler, “[Book IV. Rome.] Chap[ter] IV.”, in Corinna; or, Italy. […], volume I, London: […] Corri, […]; and sold by Colburn, […], and Mackenzie, […], →OCLC, page 189:

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