lively
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He’s the reason lower Manhattan is today a lively, thriving urban environment rather than an urban-planning mausoleum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Kings Heath is known for its good schools, independent shops, lively music and art scene and strong community spirit.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Archaeologists have found pieces of Greek pottery, as well as rooms and large jars for storing goods from the harbour, discoveries that Karam said showed the ancient city's "lively commercial activity".
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
The trio stops for a lively trans poetry reading.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Had a lively time in my seminary this morning, for the children acted like Sancho, and at one time I really thought I should shake them all round.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
He’s tried livelier cruise lines, and nothing compares to a library stocked with first-edition books and the certainty that no children will be running down the halls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Some players are thriving on the livelier surfaces - but others are cursing them.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
It was livelier now, but it seemed certain that no one would get hired today.
From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2026
Cameroonian political scientist Stephane Akoa told AFP before the vote that the campaign had been "much livelier than usual" and the vote was "therefore more likely to throw up surprises".
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025
"If only old Selmy's mind were as nimble as his blade," he said wistfully, "our council meetings would be a good deal livelier."
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
Welcome to Lukyanivka, one of the most heavily bombed neighborhoods in Ukraine’s capital city, but still one of the liveliest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
I find that playwrights are often at their liveliest when writing in a presentational mood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2025
Black Friday—the nickname for the day after Thanksgiving—may be an unofficial holiday, but it has earned the reputation of being one of the liveliest shopping days of the year.
From Barron's ● Nov. 28, 2025
The setting is momentous not just for Mr Kukoyi - a native of Nigeria's biggest and liveliest city Lagos - but for the show too.
From BBC ● May 10, 2025
Whatever we offer as today’s items of liveliest interest are bound to be out of date and irrelevant, maybe even ridiculous.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
Vocabulary lists containing lively
Mr. Popper’s Penguins
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"One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia, List 2
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