Meaning
Full of life; energetic, vivacious.
Etymology
Origin: Old English
From Middle English lyvely, lifly, from Old English līflīċ (“living, lively, long-lived, necessary to life, vital”), from Proto-West Germanic *lībalīk (“living, lively”), equivalent to life + -ly. Cognate with Scots lively, lifely (“of or pertaining to life, vital, living, life-like”), Old High German līblīh (“living, animated”), German leiblich (“bodily, corporeal”). Doublet of lifely and lifelike.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Antonyms
NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 3 recorded puzzles: