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The comments and debates have been lively, civilized, fun and thought provoking, which is exactly what online exchanges ought to be.

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 Meanings and Examples of LIVELY
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lively
 a.  full of life and energy; active and outgoing
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  But he has already recovered his spirits, and is reported to be on the point of marrying a lively pretty Frenchwoman, Madame Tavernier.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
2  The mild exhortations of the old man and the lively conversation of the loved Felix were not for me.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
3  Its fair lakes reflect a blue and gentle sky, and when troubled by the winds, their tumult is but as the play of a lively infant when compared to the roarings of the giant ocean.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
4  Be happy, my dear Victor," replied Elizabeth; "there is, I hope, nothing to distress you; and be assured that if a lively joy is not painted in my face, my heart is contented.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
5  Willoughby was a young man of good abilities, quick imagination, lively spirits, and open, affectionate manners.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 10
6  Perhaps she pitied and esteemed him the more because he was slighted by Willoughby and Marianne, who, prejudiced against him for being neither lively nor young, seemed resolved to undervalue his merits.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 10
7  The consequence of this, upon a mind so young, so lively, so inexperienced as Mrs. Brandon's, was but too natural.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 31
8  My sister was uncommonly lively on the present occasion, and indeed was generally more gracious in the society of Mrs. Hubble than in other company.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IV
9  He offered these friendly suggestions in such a lively way, that we both laughed and I scarcely blushed.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXII
10  Then, the two nurses left the room, and had a lively scuffle on the staircase with a dissipated page who had waited at dinner, and who had clearly lost half his buttons at the gaming-table.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXIII
11  Startop, being a lively, bright young fellow, and Drummle being the exact opposite, the latter was always disposed to resent him as a direct personal affront.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXVI
12  In looking at me and then laughing heartily, Herbert for the time recovered his usual lively manner.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXX
13  The debate upon it grew so lively, indeed, that at least six more honorable members told six more, during the discussion, that they believed they knew where they were to be found.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXVIII
14  One day when Mr. Creakle kept the house from indisposition, which naturally diffused a lively joy through the school, there was a good deal of noise in the course of the morning's work.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7. MY 'FIRST HALF' AT SALEM HOUSE
15  This she did upon her knees, humming a lively little tune the while.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 9. I HAVE A MEMORABLE BIRTHDAY
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  Whenever he heard a song with a lively chorus, Sol could never refrain from joining in.
17  On the international stage, a lively debate was already raging between those who support American engagement in world institutions and those who believe the United States should use its strength to work unilaterally.
18  The comments and debates have been lively, civilized, fun and thought provoking, which is exactly what online exchanges ought to be.
19  As we quaff our ale, we listen to the lively songs of the students in the tavern.
20  Even when that weather was broken, and continuous rain set in for some days, no damp seemed cast over enjoyment: indoor amusements only became more lively and varied, in consequence of the stop put to outdoor gaiety.
21  Today's chefs love to lace their goods with lively, pronounced flavors.
22  Rochester has been favored with the most lively and the most continuous? The eagerness of a listener quickens the tongue of a narrator.
23  He lived in a flat above the shop.
24  I lived deep in the country, without easy access to shops.
25  This was, New York apart, the first American city I had ever been in where people actually lived downtown.
26  I've lived most of my adult life in London.
27  He lived most of his adult life in Scotland.
28  He lived in a gentler age than ours.
29  Since then I've lived alone and immersed myself in my career.
30  Although she's lived there for ten years, the villagers still treat her as an outsider.