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vivacity

[vi-vas-i-tee, vahy-] / vɪˈvæs ɪ ti, vaɪ- /


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To put it plainly: Julian’s imitations lacked the vivacity that made his art unique, resulting in an uncanny dissonance between idea and result.

From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2026

She said the 76-year old mother-of-four and grandmother-of-five was "a phenomenal person - full of vivacity and fun".

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2024

Langlois de Swarte, his tone clear but with an appealing hint of wiry bite, played with vivacity and wit.

From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2023

Her creations combine the playful vivacity of Alexander Calder and the woven robustness of Ruth Asawa and Janet Echelman with the optical intelligence of Bridget Riley and the ethereal delicacy of Lygia Pape.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2023

Susan Calvin rose to her feet with a vivacity almost girlish.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

Pardon me certain vivacities of style, which I had not time to correct, and plunge boldly into the heart of the book.

From The Roman Question by Edmond About

Life manifests in these neurotics in the form of vivacities merely; not as vitalities.

From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Arabella Kenealy

It is imagined that the gay disposition of the young gentleman was not very suitable to the old man's temper, which was, perhaps, too grave and austere to relish the vivacities of his nephew.

From Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne

Those vivacities of young Fritz, his taste for music, finery, those furtive excursions into the domain of Latin and forbidden things, were distasteful and incomprehensible to Friedrich Wilhelm: Where can such things end?

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 04 by Thomas Carlyle

He busied himself instead with a wonderful series of pictures, mostly of no great size, in which he showed an astonishing command over vivacities of technique and modulations of colour.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various




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