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vividly, adv.|ˈvɪvɪdlɪ| [f. vivid a. + -ly2.] 1. Brightly, brilliantly, in respect of colour or light.
1667Boyle in Phil. Trans. II. 587, I..found it to shine vividly. 1815J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 220 The light is still seen, but not so vividly. 1842Johnston in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club II. 36 The shell is strongly ribbed and rather vividly streaked..with yellow or red. 1860Tyndall Glac. ii. vi. 255 While the former semicircle remains white, the latter one is vividly coloured. 1878Huxley Physiogr. 103 It bursts suddenly into flame and burns vividly. 2. Clearly, strongly, intensely, in respect of mental impression or effect.
a1677Barrow Serm. Prov. iv. 23 Wks. 1686 III. 46 He will not be so forward to engage himself upon such occasions; danger and mischief being so vividly pre-represented to his sight. 1748Hartley Observ. Man i. iii. §5. 385 If they rise up quick and vividly one after another, as Subjects, Predicates, and other Associates use to do. 1832R. & J. Lander Exped. Niger III. xviii. 142 Oh how vividly did early impressions return to my soul. 1862M'Cosh Supernat. ii. i. §4. 159 The word seraphic..is vividly descriptive of the flights of Isaiah. 1868Freeman Norm. Conq. (1877) II. viii. 287 The way in which treason is spoken of sets vividly before us the difficulties with which William had still to contend. |