Energetic
[,enə'dʒetɪk] or [,ɛnɚ'dʒɛtɪk]
Definition
(adj.) possessing or exerting or displaying energy; 'an energetic fund raiser for the college'; 'an energetic group of hikers'; 'it caused an energetic chemical reaction' .
(adj.) working hard to promote an enterprise .
Checker: Mattie--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Alt. of Energetical
Inputed by Lewis
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Vigorous, active, forcible, powerful, strong, effective, efficacious, potent.
Typist: Ludwig
Examples
- I intend to work hard, said Amy in her most energetic tone. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- And the injured youth finished his sentence by an energetic gesture of the right arm. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I knew your energetic nature, and that you would not be happy until you had been on the scene of the crime. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- With great energy; but it is always a subject which makes a lady energetic. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- But show me a good opportunity, show me something really worth being energetic about, and I'll show you energy. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Worcester burst out a-laughing, in the midst of the colonel's most energetic defence. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- John is good and wise, he's got heaps of talent, he's willing to work and sure to get on, he's so energetic and brave. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He was an energetic officer and accomplished his work rapidly. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- No wonder that in Lydgate's energetic nature the sense of a hopeless misconstruction easily turned into a dogged resistance. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Wigs were the fashion, and Arkwright had an excellent process, and was an energetic and resourceful dealer. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I was that energetic person, and I have satisfied myself that by no exertion of my strength can I transfix the pig with a single blow. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Thomas is still left with a sufficient force surplus to go to Selma under an energetic leader. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Energetic, eh? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Yet the atmosphere about him was energetic and playful. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He poured forth a few energetic sentences of that wondrous One,--his life, his death, his everlasting presence, and power to save. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Typist: Perry