adj.
 (livelier, liveliest)
  - full of life, energy, or activity. ▸full of interest or excitement. 
- (of a boat) rising lightly to the waves.
Phrase
  
    
      - look lively
 informal move more briskly.
 
  Derivative
  
    - livelily adv.
- liveliness n.
 
  Etymology
  OE līflic ‘living’ (see life, -ly1).