livelily

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English

Etymology

From lively +‎ -ly.

Adverb

livelily (comparative more livelily, superlative most livelily)

  1. In a lively manner.
    • 1807, [Germaine] de Staël Holstein, translated by D Lawler, “ Chap IV.”, in Corinna; or, Italy. , volume I, London: Corri, ; and sold by Colburn, , and Mackenzie, , →OCLC, page 189:
      They were friends, travelling together;⁠—they began to say we. Ah! how pathetic is that we, when pronounced by love! How timid, yet how livelily expressed, is the declaration which it contains!