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liveliness|ˈlaɪvlɪnɪs|
[f. lively a. + -ness.]
The quality of being lively (see the senses of lively a.); † vitality (obs.), activity, vigour, animation, vivacity, vividness.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. iii. xvii. (1495) 63 The syȝte hath the name of vivacitas, that is lyflyness. c1440Promp. Parv. 308/2 Levelyheede, or qwyknesse (MS. K. liyflines), vivacitas. 1545T. Raynalde Byrth Mankynde 139 Ouer muche aboundance of water..extynguyssheth the lyuelynesse & the naturall power of the grayne and sede. 1584Cogan Haven Health ccxiii. (1636) 224 The Emperour [asked] by what meanes he..reteined still the vigour or live⁓linesse of body and minde. 1630Prynne Anti-Armin. 82 In present readinesse and liuelinesse of wit he excelled all the men in Europe. 1658Capel Rem. To Rdr. §3 The live⁓linesse of his prayers. 1684Contempl. State Man ii. viii. (1699) 212 The Imagination..encreasing the pains of the Senses, by the liveliness of its Apprehension. 1708C. Mather in New Eng. Hist. & Gen. Reg. (1879) XXXIII. 186 He continued unto the Ninety Fourth year of his Age, an unusual Instance of Liveliness. 1713Steele Guardian No. 10 ⁋2 Any..part of her head-dress, which by its darkness or liveliness might too much allay or brighten her complexion. 1727Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Florist, It will be the best way to put 'em all together into Earth, this will preserve their Livelyness. 1736Bailey Househ. Dict. 12 When the briskness and liveliness of malt liquors in the cask fails..let them be drawn off and bottled up. 1831Society I. 254 Probably we are indebted to the liveliness of his imagination for the whole cream of the story. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xiv. III. 457 The perspicuity and liveliness of his [Sherlock's] style have been praised by Prior and Addison. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) V. 12 There is little of the liveliness of a game in their mode of treating the subject. 1885Dunckley in Manch. Exam. 2 Mar. 6/1 If she [Russia] wishes to exhibit any liveliness it must be at a safe distance from their frontiers. |