Meanings
adverbvively (comparative more vively, superlative most vively)
comparative more vively · superlative most vively
- obsoleteIn a lively manner.
a thing vively represented on the stage
1632 (first performance), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “The Magnetick Lady: Or, Humors Reconcil’d. A Comedy […]”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second Folio), London: […] Richard Meighen, published 1640, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)
Origin
Compare French vivre (“to live”).
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APA
vively. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vively
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vively,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vively.
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