deedyadj.
/ˈdiːdi/ Chiefly dialect.† 2. Actual, real. Obsolete. rare.
1. Full of deeds or activity; active. Also, earnest, serious.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > brisk or active
sprindeOE
whata1000
braga1350
prestc1390
yarea1400
stirringc1400
startingc1440
actious1441
actuala1470
activea1522
queemc1540
skeetc1540
lively1567
alive-like1582
pragmatical1590
spruce1590
agilious1599
brisk1599
sprightly?c1599
brisky1600
alives-like1601
alacrious1602
smart1602
eyebright1603
whisking1611
deedy1615
vibrant1616
sprunt1631
perking1653
alert1654
exilient1654
alacrative1657
eveillé1676
budge1691
jaunty1705
spry1746
sprack1747
alive1748
high-geared1795
rash1805
spicy1828
live1830
deedful1834
yary1855
sprucy1858
alacritous1859
sprackish1882
brash1884
up-and-coming1889
up and doing1901
loose1907
bright-eyed and bushy-tailed1936
buzzy1978
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [adjective]
seinec1330
sober1362
unfeastlyc1386
murec1390
unlaughter-milda1400
sadc1400
solemnyc1420
solemned1423
serious1440
solemnc1449
solenc1460
solemnel?1473
moy1487
demure1523
grave1549
staid1557
sage1564
sullen1583
weighty1602
solid1632
censoriousa1637
(as) grave (also solemn, etc.) as a judge1650
untriumphant1659
setc1660
agelastic1666
austere1667
humourless1671
unlaughing1737
smileless1740
untriflinga1743
untittering1749
steady1759
dun1797
antithalian1818
dreich1819
laughterless1825
unsmiling1826
laughless1827
unfestive1844
sober-sided1847
gleeless1850
unfarcical1850
mome1855
deedy1895
button-down1959
buttoned-down1960
straight-faced1975
the world > action or operation > doing > [adjective] > active as opposed to contemplative > full of action or deeds
deedful1834
action-packed1924
hellzapoppin'1945
deedy1959
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxx. 423 Riche and ill-dedy, Gederand and gredy.
1535 D. Lindsay Satyre 4028 Luke quhat it is to be evil-deidie.]
1615 T. Adams Lycanthropy 7 in Blacke Devill In a messenger..Is required..That he be speedy, that he be heedy: and..that he be deedy.
1623 J. Bingham tr. Xenophon Hist. 72 The horse of that Country are..more deedy, and full of metall.
1707 C. Cibber Double Gallant (ed. 2) iii. 34 If she is not a Deedy Tit at the bottom, I'm no Jockey.
1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Deedy, industrious, notable. Berksh.
1876 J. Ellis Caesar in Egypt 135 A deedy conclave were we.
1883 G. MacDonald Castle Warlock I. xvii. 263 Grizzie was live as the new day, bustling and deedy.
1895 T. Hardy Jude i. ii. 14 There! don't ye look so deedy! Farmer Troutham is not so much better than myself.
1938 F. D. Sharpe Sharpe of Flying Squad xxiii. 241 He said that he had seen four men in a pub in Bethnal Green in ‘deedy’ conversation.
1951 M. Kennedy Lucy Carmichael vi. v. 310 He was feeling genial and deedy, and..his imagination toyed with new campaigns.
1951 M. Kennedy Lucy Carmichael vi. vii. 326 The train came puffing in half empty, so he did not have to be so deedy on her behalf as he would have liked.
1959 Listener 19 Nov. 900/2 The opening scenes..were just a shade too fruity and deedy.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > reality or real existence or actuality > [adjective]
present1340
actuala1398
absolutec1443
effectualc1475
bodilya1616
effective1620
deedy1781
real lifec1819
positive1831
factual1846
transactional1858
entitative1862
real world1963
1781 W. Cowper Let. 18 Mar. in Private Corr. (1824) I. 101 There are soldiers quartered at Newport and at Olney. These..performed all the manœuvres of a deedy battle, and the result was that this town was taken.
1788 W. Cowper Let. 27 June (1982) III. 187 Retirement indeed, or..what we call here Deedy Retirement.
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