Liveliness

Definitions: Liveliness

Liveliness

Noun

1. General activity and motion.

2. Animation and energy in action or expression; "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it".

Date "liveliness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Note: Liveliness \Live"li*ness\, noun. [From Lively.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Liveliness

Synonyms: animation (n), life (n), spirit (n), sprightliness (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Activity	Noun: activity; briskness, liveliness; Adjective: animation, life, vivacity, spirit, dash, energy; snap, vim.
Cheerfulness	Liveliness; Adjective: life, alacrity, vivacity, animation, allegresse; jocundity, joviality, jollity; levity; jocularity; (wit).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Liveliness

English words defined with "liveliness": alacrity ♦ breeziness, briskness, buoyancy, buoyant ♦ chirpy, con brio ♦ drab, dreamy, dreary, dull, Dull-eyed, dully ♦ elan, esprit ♦ ginger, glassy, glazed ♦ heavy, high-spiritedness ♦ irrepressibility ♦ jauntiness ♦ lackadaisical, languid, languorous, leaden, Livelihood ♦ pep, peppiness, perky, pleasingness ♦ refreshment ♦ spirited, suspended animation ♦ vapid ♦ warm. (references)

Specialty definitions using "liveliness": crimp liveliness ♦ twist liveliness. (references)

Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	My liveliness and your solidity would produce perfection.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Liveliness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Liveliness" is used about 53 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	53	46,657

Expressions using "liveliness": crimp liveliness ♦ twist liveliness. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "liveliness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		gjallëri (activity, alacrity, alertness, animation, brio, briskness, dynamism, ebullience, ebulliency, effervescence, effervescency, friskiness, ginger, life, lustiness, mercuriality, pep, pepper, sprightliness, verdure, verve, vitality, vivacity, volatility, zest), gazmend (cheer, gaiety, glee, joy, merriment, mirth), gaz (cheer, cheerfulness, exhilaration, fluid, fume, gaiety, gas, glee, jamboree, jocularity, jocundity, jollity, joviality, joy, merriment, merriness, mirth, rattle, rollick, sunshine, tittup, waggery). (various references)

Arabic		‏نشاط (action, activity, alacrity, bang, bounce, energy, forcefulness, ginger, go, kick, lift, mettle, momentum, movement, pep, promptitude, prosperity, pursuit, spirit, spunk, stir, strenuousness, tuck, verve, vigor, vigour, vim, virility, zip), ‏حيوية (activity, animation, dash, drive, elan, energy, ginger, life, pep, sparkle, spirit, sprightliness, verve, vigor, vigour, vim, vitality, vivacity, youthfulness, zest, zing, zip), ‏رشاقة (agility, alacrity, deftness, fluency, fluidity, gracefulness, graciousness, lightness, nimbleness, quickness, readiness, sleight of hand, swiftness, thinness). (various references)

Bulgarian		оживеност (brio, exhilaration, vivacity), оживление (activity, animation, hoopla, hum, movement, rally, uplift), живост (activity, agility, alertness, brio, esprit, ginger, jazz, mercuriality, mobility, nervousness, pep, punch, snap, sprightliness, spunk, vinegar, vitality, vivacity, vividness, volatility, zap). (various references)

Chinese		充满活力. (various references)

Czech		živost (brightness, life, vivacity). (various references)

Danish		snoningstilbøjelighed (twist liveliness), krusningstilbøjelighed (crimp liveliness). (various references)

Dutch		twijnlevendigheid (twist liveliness), kroeslevendigheid (crimp liveliness). (various references)

Finnish		virkeys (vigour, vitality), vilkkaus (animation, life, spirit, vivacity), pirteys (briskness), eloisuus (animation, vivacity), elävyys (animation, vivacity). (various references)

French		entrain. (various references)

German		lebendigkeit (agility, spryness, vitality, vividness). (various references)

Greek		ζωντάνια (exuberance, liningness, pep, vigour, vividness). (various references)

Hebrew		מרץ (drive, energy, force, nerve, rigour, sap, sinew, snap, spirit, steam, strength, verve, vigour, vim), ערות (alertness, vigil, vigilance, wakefulness), ערנות (alertness, awareness, smartness, vigilance, wakefulness, watchfulness), זריזות (agility, alertness, dexterity, expedition, facility, knack, nimbleness, pep, pertness, quickness, skill). (various references)

Hungarian		élénkség (animation, dash, exhilaration, friskiness, gaiety, ginger, go, mercuriality, movement, pep, quickness, snap, sprightliness, vivacity). (various references)

Indonesian		kegiatan (activity, ardor, drive, energy, enterprise, zeal). (various references)

Italian		vivacità (animation, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, briskness, jauntiness, quickness, sharpness, skittishness, sparkle, sprightliness, vivacity, vividness), spirito (alcohol, esprit, ghost, humor, humour, mind, pep, spirit, wit), brio (spirit, verve, vivacity, wit), animazione (animation). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		活気 (energy), 快闊 (cheerfulness, lighthearted), 快活 (cheerfulness, lighthearted). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		かっき (energy, epoch, epoch-making), かいかつ (cheerfulness, lighthearted, open, openminded). (various references)

Korean		생기 (Animation). (various references)

Manx		bioyrid (brightness, freshness, freshness of wind, physical activity, smartness), bioid (animation, vivacity), annymoilid (boisterousness, spirit, sprightliness, vivacity). (various references)

Pig Latin		ivelinesslay

Portuguese		vivacidade (abandon, animation, bounce, brightness, color, colour, fervent, flotation, ginger, hasty, life, mettle, nimbus, quickness, quicksilver, raciness, readiness, snap, verve, vivacity, warmth), vigor (bang, energy, flush, force, hardiness, lustiness, nerve, pep, power, snap, stamina, steam, strength, stringency, vigor, vigour, vim, virility, vitality), manutenção (conservation, keeping, maintenance, support, sustenance, upkeep), energia (action, activity, drive, driving, efficiency, energy, force, ginger, go, grasp, gumption, handgrip, heartless, intensity, iron, ironwork, kick, lustration, main, mettle, momentum, nerve, output, pep, pith, potency, power, push, snap, spring, spunk, stamina, steam, stoutness, strength, verve, vigor, vigour, vim, virility, vitality, zip), disposição (accommodation, arrangement, cheer, cue, disposal, disposition, fit, formation, inclination, lay, line up, mood, order, predisposition, proviso, stomach, temperament, tendency), atividade (action, activeness, activity, ado, agency, alacrity, busyness, drive, game, go ahead, hustle, indwell, operation, quickness, work, works), animação (animation, buoyancy, flush, freshener, frolic, ginger, life, vitality, vivacity, warmth, zest), ânimo (animus, cheer, courage, hardihood, heart, manhood, mind, mood, soul, thumbs up). (various references)

Romanian		vioiciune (alacrity, alertness, briskness, buoyancy, fizz, fling, go, hoity toity, jazz, life, perkiness, pertness, quickness, snap, sprightliness, vivacity), antren (briskness, great spirits, high spirits), animaţie (animation, briskness), însufleţire (animation, briskness, enthusiasm, fervour, life, soar, zeal). (various references)

Russian		веселость (conviviality, exhilaration, gaiety, hilarity, jocularity, jocundity, joviality, pizzazz), живость (agility, alacrity, aliveness, animation, brio, briskness, mercuriality, pep, pepper, rejuvenescent, spryness, vivacity, zest). (various references)

Scottish		frogan. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		čilost (smartness, vivaciousness, vivacity), živost (quickness, smartness, vibrancy, vividness), živahnost (alacrity, animation, briskness, effervescence, effervescency, mercuriality, vivaciousness, vivacity). (various references)

Spanish		vivacidad (briskness, elan, friskiness, ginger, life, mercuriality, quicksilver, raciness, vivacity, zest). (various references)

Swedish		livlighet (alacrity, animation, brio, intensity, vivacity, volatility). (various references)

Thai		ความน่าสนใจ (appeal), ความมีชีวิตชีวา (animation, life, oomph). (various references)

Turkish		parlaklık (brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, effulgence, flamboyance, flame, flashiness, glazing, gleam, glitter, glossiness, gorgeousness, incandescence, irradiance, lambency, lucency, luminescence, luminosity, luster, lustre, lustrousness, polish, radiance, resplendence, sheen, shine, sleekness, splendidness, splendor, splendour, vividness), canlılık (alacrity, animation, bounce, brightness, brio, buoyancy, color, colour, crispness, dynamics, elan, exhilaration, friskiness, ginger, life, lustiness, perkiness, quickness, raciness, richness, saturation, spiritedness, sprightliness, stamina, stir, verve, vivacity, vividness). (various references)

Ukranian		жвавість (agility, alacrity, alertness, animation, mercuriality, nimbleness, oomph, quickness, sparkle, starch, tightness, verve, vigor, vigour, vivacity), бадьорість (freshness, greenness, nerve, pep). (various references)

Vietnamese		tính vui vẻ (cantiness, chirpiness, gaiety, geniality, hilariousness, joviality, mirthfulness, pleasantness), tính sôi nổi (buoyancy, fieriness), tính năng nổ, tính hoạt bát (alertness, chirpiness, mercuriality, vivaciousness, vivacity, volatility), tính hăng hái (mettle, zealousness). (various references)

Welsh		hoenusrwydd (sprightliness). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	vigor. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "liveliness": livelinesses. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Liveliness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Lavelanet, Litelines, livelines. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "liveliness" (pronounced lī"vlēnus)
5	-l ē n u s	cleanliness, deadliness, friendliness, ghastliness, holiness, loneliness, niggardliness, orderliness, silliness, slovenliness, timeliness, ugliness, worldliness.
4	-ē n u s	airworthiness, arbitrariness, bagginess, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, contrariness, coziness, craziness, creditworthiness, creepiness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, edginess, emptiness, frothiness, funniness, hairiness, happiness, laziness, lousiness, nastiness, nosiness, pettiness, queasiness, raciness, readiness, riskiness, roominess, rowdiness, scantiness, shakiness, sleepiness, sloppiness, solitariness, steadiness, stinginess, sturdiness, tardiness, tastiness, trustworthiness, uneasiness, unhappiness, unwieldiness, wariness, weariness, wimpiness, worthiness.
3	-n u s	abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, aggressiveness, agribusiness, alertness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, appropriateness, assertiveness, astuteness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awfulness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blackness, blandness, bleakness, blindness, bluntness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cohesiveness, coldness, Colonus, combativeness, compactness, competitiveness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, Conus, coolness, correctness, creativeness, crispness, crookedness, cuteness, dampness, darkness, Deaconess, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, directness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, drunkenness, dryness, dullness, eagerness, earnestness, effectiveness, elusiveness, evenness, exogenous, eyewitness, faintness, fairness, farsightedness, fastness, fickleness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fondness, foolishness, forcefulness, forgiveness, forthrightness, foulness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, fullness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gelatinous, gentleness, genuineness, genus, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greatness, greenness, grimness, handedness, hardness, harmfulness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, homelessness, homesickness, homogenous, hopefulness, hopelessness, humanness, idleness, illness, inclusiveness, indebtedness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, ineptness, inertness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, larcenous, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, lenis, lightfastness, lightness, likeness, luminous, madness, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, mindedness, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nearsightedness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nothingness, numbness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, peacefulness, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, playfulness, poisonous, politeness, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, preparedness, quickness, quietness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, remoteness, resistiveness, resourcefulness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, rightness, robustness, roughness, rudeness, ruinous, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, sameness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, separateness, seriousness, shallowness, sharpness, shortness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, shyness, sickness, sinus, skittishness, slackness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, softness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, starkness, steadfastness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stoutness, strangeness, stubbornness, suddenness, suggestiveness, sweetness, swiftness, tartness, tenderness, tetanus, thickness, thinness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, tightness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, truthfulness, unconsciousness, unfairness, uniqueness, unpleasantness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, vividness, voluminous, wastefulness, waterishness, weakness, weightlessness, weirdness, wellness, wetness, whiteness, wholeness, wholesomeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wistfulness, witness, wonderfulness, wryness.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-i-i-l-l-n-s-s-v"
	-2 letters: evilness, lineless, liveness, veinless, vileness, villeins.
	-3 letters: enisles, ensiles, illness, nellies, seniles, sillies, snivels, villein.
	-4 letters: enisle, ensile, envies, lenses, lessen, levels, levies, levins, lilies, lisles, livens, nellie, nielli, nieves, niseis, seines, seisin, selles, selves, senile, sevens, sieves, sileni, snells, snivel, vessel.
	-5 letters: elves, evens, evils, isles, issei, ivies, lenes, lenis, lense, level, levin.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-i-i-l-l-n-s-s-v"
	+2 letters: illusiveness, livelinesses, villainesses.
	+4 letters: illusivenesses, inviolableness, vitellogenesis.
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