Usually means: Full of energy and spirit.
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We found 35 dictionaries that define the word lively:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. lively: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. lively: Merriam-Webster
  3. lively: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. lively: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. lively: Collins English Dictionary
  6. lively: Vocabulary.com
  7. Lively, lively: Wordnik
  8. lively: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Lively, lively: Wiktionary
  10. lively: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. lively: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. lively: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Lively, lively: Dictionary.com
  14. lively: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. lively: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Lively (disambiguation), Lively (surname), Lively: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Lively: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. lively: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. lively: Rhymezone
  20. lively: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. lively: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. lively: FreeDictionary.org
  23. lively: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. lively: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Epicurus.com Wine Glossary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lively: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lively: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lively: Idioms

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. LIVELY: Glossary of Biblical English of the Authorised Version of the HOLY BIBLE

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Lively, the lively: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  2. Wine Taster's Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See livelier as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Full of life; energetic, vivacious.
adjective:  Bright, glowing, vivid; strong, vigorous.
adjective:  (archaic) Endowed with or manifesting life; living.
adjective:  (archaic) Representing life; lifelike.
adjective:  (archaic) Airy; animated; spirited.
adjective:  (of beer) Fizzy; foamy; tending to produce a large head in the glass.
noun:  (nautical, informal) Term of address.
adverb:  Vigorously.
adverb:  Vibrantly, vividly.
adverb:  (obsolete) In a lifelike manner.
noun:  A characteristical surname.
noun:  An urban area of Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Benton County, Missouri.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Kaufman County, Texas.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Virginia.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia.

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