- (n.) The quality or state of being lively or animated; sprightliness; vivacity; animation; spirit; as, the liveliness of youth, contrasted with the gravity of age.
- (n.) An appearance of life, animation or spirit; as, the liveliness of the eye or the countenance in a portrait.
- (n.) Briskness; activity; effervescence, as of liquors.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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