[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lively.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / lively

[← L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/L/)

# lively

«lively» in Mova's school dictionary: **full of energy, fun and activity** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (lively, livelier, liveliest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Lively means full of energy, fun and activity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lively/#m1)

2) A lively place, party or discussion is busy, exciting and noisy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lively/#m2)

3) Lively colours are bright and strong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lively/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories: a lively puppy, a lively crowd. In school: a lively discussion or debate. Phrases: lively music, a lively debate, look lively (hurry up — UK).

### examples

- The puppy was lively and jumped all around. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lively/#x1)
- We had a lively debate about school uniforms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lively/#x2)
- The market is lively on Saturdays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lively/#x3)
- The band played lively music. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lively/#x4)
- Look lively — the bus is leaving! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lively/#x5)
- Her lively painting was full of reds and yellows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lively/#x6)
- They were young and lively, but poor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lively/#x7)

### note

Looks like an adverb because of -ly, but it is an adjective: "a lively child". Comparative: livelier, liveliest. Pronounced LIVE-lee (rhymes with "five").

### In the corpora

- [Hopak is a lively Ukrainian folk dance with big jumps and squat-kicks, linked to Cossack traditions.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet/14/)
- [A happy rabbit's jump-and-twist is called a binky, and it shows the rabbit feels safe and lively.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/123-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck-real-rabbits-hares-and-ducks/10/)
- ["Lively" on a school report often means disruptive or hyperactive.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/15-behaviour-and-school-reports/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lively» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lively/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.