livelier

adjenergetic, active, busy

Synonyms for livelier

adj energetic, active, busy

Antonyms for livelier

Word Origin & History

Old English liflic "living, existing," literally "life-like;" from life + -ly (2). Sense of "active, energetic" developed by early 13c., from notion "full of life."

Example Sentences for livelier

The American's heart beat a livelier tempo at the suggestion.

Sydney was none the livelier and none the soberer for so much application.

Hazarding the looking-glass, she thought that she could detect a livelier iris too.

"Tell me some of your plans," said she, with a livelier interest than she had yet shown.

Petrea's hands bled in consequence of this operation, but that only made her the livelier.

For the present she is stronger and livelier than she has been for a long time.

I have never had a dull hour in my life; I have never had a livelier time than in the slums.

Can you imagine a livelier, more entertaining place of gossip?

The better the catch, the more exciting the work, and the livelier the love-talk.

She is like her in other respects, too; but livelier and more energetic.