lively

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I'm glad that this kind of thread can come up on hackernews and get this kind of a lively discussion though!

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full of life and energy; "a lively discussion"; "lively and attractive parents"; "a lively party"

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

full of life and energy; "a lively discussion"; "lively and attractive parents"; "a lively party"

adjective

full of zest or vigor; "a racy literary style"

adjective

quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for lively.

adjective

full of life and energy; "a lively discussion"; "lively and attractive parents"; "a lively party"

adjective

full of zest or vigor; "a racy literary style"

adjective

quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze"

See also: alert, brisk, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy

adjective

elastic; rebounds readily; "clean bouncy hair"; "a lively tennis ball"; "as resilient as seasoned hickory"; "springy turf"

See also: bouncy, live, resilient, springy

adjective

filled with events or activity; "a lively period in history"

adjective

full of spirit; "a dynamic full of life woman"; "a vital and charismatic leader"; "this whole lively world"

Example sentences

I'm glad that this kind of thread can come up on hackernews and get this kind of a lively discussion though!

I think it covered the bases pretty well, and it was an entertaining and lively read on the whole.

From what I hear about it, it is actually a pretty lively community and it makes plenty of money for Linden.

I get why designers choose it, they want to make the page look lively and balance content all over the place but it's terrible for readability.

There was a lively discussion on HN a while ago about whether making salary information public is a good idea.

There should be some kind of meta-karma for controversial posts, since they inject lively debate instead of just attempting to game the system!

I don't want to speak for him, but I'll give my opinion of why:Reddit tends to be overrun with memes and jokes, and HN has always been more about lively discussion and facts.

At last he entered the room, and from a lively expression in his countenance I observed in a moment that the great object of my long cherished ambition had been attained!

You confuse respect with reverence, and pseudo-intellectualism with lively intellect; I can't imagine why.

Carrying a lively conversation, possibly one with lots of laughter, actually involves paying a lot of attention: to the things people are saying, to their body language, to their feelings, to your own feelings, to the appropriateness of what you're saying, to the way that you're saying it, to thoughts that you have that you want to express but perhaps can't, and to the timing of things, particularly in the case of making jokes.