vividly

[ viv-id-lee ]

/ ˈvɪv ɪd li /

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adverb

extremely brightly or intensely: Black and white photos of local greats like Caetano Veloso and Gal Costa vie for space with vividly colored paintings of small-town Brazilian life.

in a lively, animated, or dramatic way:The book vividly brings to life the Tuscan countryside and the fascinating world of the Renaissance poets.

in a particularly realistic way:The fort, its demolition, and the fears of the townspeople are vividly described in the book.

in a distinct or clearly perceptible way:I vividly remember days spent roaring down two-lane blacktop roads with Davis at the wheel of his black Mustang.

Origin of vividly

vivid + -ly

OTHER WORDS FROM vividly

o·ver·viv·id·ly, adverbun·viv·id·ly, adverb

Words nearby vividly

vivi-, Vivian, Viviani, vivianite, vivid, vividly, vivification, vivify, viviparous, vivisect, vivisection

Example sentences from the Web for vividly

I vividly recall, that day and the weeks afterward, people groping for a decent way forward.
The Media's Pro-Torture Cheerleaders|Jedediah Purdy|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On video, Raymond Santana was smug, boastful, and nonchalant by turns, vividly reenacting who did what during the rape.
The Myth of the Central Park Five|Edward Conlon|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Has it not been vividly described in all its horror by Eli Wiesel and others?
How Hitch & Amis Discovered Evil In My House|Peter Foges|September 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He vividly remembers Shirley Tilghman, then the president of Princeton, asking for his prediction.
Meet the One Numbers-Cruncher Who Foresees Democrats Holding the Senate|Linda Killian|September 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST

His letters to them show how their predicament brought his own vividly back to him.
Why World War I Is at the Heart of ‘Lord of the Rings’|John Garth|July 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The winter of 1838 and 1839, Mr. Ward says, was vividly impressed upon his mind, being his first experience as a trapper.
Seventy Years on the Frontier|Alexander Majors
He said only a word or two; but, as his eyes met hers, Anne blushed—blushed suddenly and vividly.
Anne|Constance Fenimore Woolson
How vividly I realized then that the imprisoned miner would give a world of gold, his former god, for a ray of light.
Etidorhpa or the End of Earth.|John Uri Lloyd
She who never before had vividly seen herself as married to a man!
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
Without fully being aware of it, until the thing was done, Mary-Clare got vividly into the story.
At the Crossroads|Harriet T. Comstock