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vividly |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Vivid \Viv"id\, a. [L. vividus from vivere to life; akin to vivus living. See {Quick}, a., and cf {Revive}, {Viand}, {Victuals}, {Vital}.] 1. True to the life; exhibiting the appearance of life or freshness; animated; spirited; bright; strong; intense; as vivid colors. In dazzling streaks the vivid lightnings play. --Cowper. Arts which present, with all the vivid charms of painting, the human face and human form divine. --Bp. Hobart. 2. Forming brilliant images, or painting in lively colors; lively; sprightly; as a vivid imagination. Body is a fit workhouse for sprightly, vivid faculties to exercise . . . themselves in --South. Syn: Clear; lucid; bright; strong; striking; lively; quick; sprightly; active. -- {Viv"id*ly}, adv -- {Viv"id*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: vividly adv : in a vivid manner; "he described his adventures vividly"
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