Meaning
1 senses(informal)Term of address.
Examples
74 sentencesTom is lively.
Том енергійний. — deniko
This is a very lively place.
ruЭто очень оживлённое место. — marafon
It was a very lively debate.
We had a lively party last night.
My grandfather is 90 years old and very lively.
ruМоему деду девяносто лет, и он полон жизни. — marafon
deMein Großvater ist 90 Jahre alt und sehr gesund. — xtofu80
Origin
From Middle English lyvely, lifly, from Old English līflīċ (“living, lively, long-lived, nFrom Middle English lyvely, lifly, from Old English līflīċ (“living, lively, long-lived, necessary to life, vital”), from Proto-West Germanic *lībalīk (“living, lively”), equivalent to life + -ly. Cognate with Scots lively, lifely (“of or pertaining to life, vital, living, life-like”), Old High German līblīh (“living, animated”), German leiblich (“bodily, corporeal”). Doublet of lifely and lifelike.
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