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Grammar : Adv
Spell : an-uh-mey-tid
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæn əˌmeɪ tɪd



Definition of animatedly

Origin :
  • 1530s, "alive," past participle adjective from animate (v.). Meaning "mentally excited" is from 1530s; "full of activity" from 1580s. The "moving pictures" sense is attested from 1895; of cartoons from 1897. Related: Animatedly.
  • As in busily : adv actively; intently
  • As in hard : adv with great force
Example sentences :
  • "She's no slouch of a scribe neither," continued Corbin animatedly.
  • Extract from : « Colonel Starbottle's Client and Other Stories » by Bret Harte
  • The look of his eyes was resolute, calm, and animatedly alert, as never before.
  • Extract from : « War and Peace » by Leo Tolstoy
  • Now, said Burton animatedly, consider what Zip has had to do.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Patrol Around the Council Fire » by Edward Sylvester Ellis
  • "I am not so simple as not to be able to make a distinction," replied Piotr animatedly.
  • Extract from : « The Created Legend » by Feodor Sologub
  • "There's Pleydon, the sculptor," the youth told her animatedly.
  • Extract from : « Linda Condon » by Joseph Hergesheimer
  • Four lawyers softly but animatedly conversed with the prisoners.
  • Extract from : « Mother » by Maksim Gorky
  • "They came in their own carriage, too," said the sister, animatedly.
  • Extract from : « The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VI. (of X.) » by Various
  • As Harley remained silent, the old lady ran on animatedly, but Harley was no longer listening.
  • Extract from : « Fire-Tongue » by Sax Rohmer
  • The news pleased her, and she expressed her joy so animatedly and spoke so confidently of the knight's love that Els felt anxious.
  • Extract from : « In The Fire Of The Forge, Complete » by Georg Ebers
  • He lay in bed, seemed to suffer great pains, and at intervals groaned deeply despite the fact that he spoke much and animatedly.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume III (of 3) » by Alexander Wheelock Thayer

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