noun
1. general activity and motion (Freq. 1)
• Syn: ↑animation
• Derivationally related forms: ↑lively
• Hypernyms: ↑activity
2. animation and energy in action or expression
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it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it
• Syn: ↑life, ↑spirit, ↑sprightliness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑sprightly (for: ↑sprightliness), ↑spirit (for: ↑spirit), ↑spiritize (for: ↑spirit), ↑lively
• Hypernyms: ↑animation, ↑spiritedness, ↑invigoration, ↑brio, ↑vivification
• Hyponyms:
↑pertness, ↑airiness, ↑delicacy, ↑alacrity, ↑briskness, ↑smartness, ↑energy, ↑muscularity, ↑vigor, ↑vigour, ↑vim, ↑elan, ↑esprit, ↑breeziness, ↑jauntiness, ↑irrepressibility, ↑buoyancy, ↑high-spiritedness, ↑exuberance, ↑enthusiasm, ↑ebullience, ↑pep, ↑peppiness, ↑ginger
• Attrubites: ↑lively
Useful english dictionary. 2012.