vividlyadv.
/ˈvɪvᵻdli/, U.S. /ˈvɪvᵻdli/ 1. Brightly, brilliantly, in respect of colour or light.
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the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [adverb] > brilliantly
resplendentlyc1487
breme1584
refulgently1626
fulgently1662
vividly1668
resplendidly1796
brilliantly1813
lucidly1820
vivida1821
the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adverb] > vivid or bright
brightc1400
brightly1633
vigorously1638
floridly1667
vividly1668
glowinglya1887
flamboyantly1894
1668 R. Boyle in Philos. Trans. 1667 (Royal Soc.) 2 587 I..found it to shine vividly.
1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 220 The light is still seen, but not so vividly.
1842 Johnston in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 36 The shell is strongly ribbed and rather vividly streaked..with yellow or red.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. vi. 255 While the former semicircle remains white, the latter one is vividly coloured.
1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 103 It bursts suddenly into flame and burns vividly.
2. Clearly, strongly, intensely, in respect of mental impression or effect.
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the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > effect produced on emotions > [adverb] > vividly
lively1561
vively1599
vividlya1677
livelily1697
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > [adverb] > clearly
vividlya1677
a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1686) III. 146 He will not be so forward to engage himself upon such occasions; danger and mischief being so vividly pre-represented to his sight.
1749 D. Hartley 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.
1832 R. Lander & J. Lander Jrnl. Exped. Niger III. xviii. 142 Oh how vividly did early impressions return to my soul.
1862 J. McCosh Supernat. ii. i. §4. 159 The word seraphic..is vividly descriptive of the flights of Isaiah.
1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (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.
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