Vivacious
[vɪ'veɪʃəs;vaɪ-] or [vɪ'veʃəs]
Definition
(a.) Having vigorous powers of life; tenacious of life; long-lived.
(a.) Sprightly in temper or conduct; lively; merry; as, a vivacious poet.
(a.) Living through the winter, or from year to year; perennial.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Lively, sprightly, active, brisk, animated, spirited, gay, sportive, frolicsome, jocund, merry, cheerful, mirthful, pleasant, full of life.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Alive, lively, animated, sprightly, sportive, active, brisk, gay, merry
ANT:Dead, lifeless, inanimate, dull, stolid, moody, heavy, wooden, leaden, torpid,sluggish, spiritless
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Definition
adj. lively or long-lived: active: sportive.—adv. Vivā′ciously.—ns. Vivā′ciousness; Vivac′ity state of being vivacious: life: animation: liveliness or sprightliness of temper or behaviour: (rare) a vivacious act or saying.
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Examples
- They were merely indulging in the ordinary vivacious chat of relatives who have long been parted in person though not in soul. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- In the midst of vivacious discourse her eye still wandered to Caroline. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He was as vivacious as ever and told us he was very industrious, but I was not easy in my mind about him. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Eustacia's manner was as a rule of a slumberous sort, her passions being of the massive rather than the vivacious kind. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- At first I found Mr. Skimpole there, on two or three occasions, idly playing the piano and talking in his usual vivacious strain. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Paul petted and patted her; the endearments she received were not to be wondered at; she invited affection by her beauty and her vivacious life. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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