unlively

Example Sentences

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With him she could enjoy even the unlively splendour of a function, but without him she would have been very unhappy.

From Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst" by Williams, C. D. (Charles D.)

She surprised herself in a not unlively curiosity as to his life and calling, and in a lack of any sort of misgiving at the contretemps.

From The Maker of Opportunities by Gibbs, George

Simultaneously, from the farther corner, another pedestrian debouched, into the thoroughfare—a mere moving shadow at that distance, brother to blacker shadows that skulked in the fenced areas and unlively entries of that poorly lighted block.

From The Black Bag by Vance, Louis Joseph

Galton the Plucky says,—and he has as much cool wisdom to impart as a traveller needs,—when you make the unlively discovery that you are lost, ask yourself the three following questions:— 1.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 50, December, 1861 by Various

It was unmusical, unbeautiful, unlively, and indescribably doleful. 

From The Mutiny of the Elsinore by London, Jack