Meanings
adverblividly (comparative more lividly, superlative most lividly)
comparative more lividly · superlative most lividly
- In a way that is livid.
He was so enraged that he screamed lividly for fifteen minutes.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)leh₃y-
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)lih₃-wó-
- Proto-Italic*slīwēō
- Latinlīveō
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Latinlīvidus
- Middle Frenchlivide
- Middle Englishlivid
- Englishlivid
- Englishlividly
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Cite this entry
APA
lividly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lividly
MLA
“lividly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lividly. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lividly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lividly.
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