Antonyms for liveliness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : lahyv-lee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlaɪv li


Definition of liveliness

Origin :
  • Old English liflic "living, existing," literally "life-like;" from life + -ly (2). Sense of "active, energetic" developed by early 13c., from notion "full of life."
  • noun animation
  • noun spirit
Example sentences :
  • "You 'tend to your own troubles," returned the other, with an imitation of liveliness.
  • Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
  • Of these, the Comte d'Artois was the only one who, from youth and liveliness of character, thoroughly sympathised with his sister.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Memoirs of Louis XV./XVI, Complete » by Madame du Hausset, an "Unknown English Girl" and the Princess Lamballe
  • "You come just in time to give him a scolding," he said, with an affectation of liveliness.
  • Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
  • Yet there is little of the liveliness of a game in their mode of treating the subject.
  • Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
  • Both were proofs that Erasmus had lost nothing of his liveliness and wit.
  • Extract from : « Erasmus and the Age of Reformation » by Johan Huizinga
  • Only Old Brooks could rouse the Cornal to some spirit of liveliness.
  • Extract from : « Gilian The Dreamer » by Neil Munro
  • Her letter had seemed to have a liveliness derived from other thoughts than thoughts of him.
  • Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy
  • The picture among the shipping was one of extreme activity and liveliness.
  • Extract from : « The Two Admirals » by J. Fenimore Cooper
  • Lively it was; but its liveliness was not all thievery and violence.
  • Extract from : « Roosevelt in the Bad Lands » by H. Hagedorn.
  • No longer could he admire her liveliness; he could not even see that she was good-looking now.
  • Extract from : « The Tinted Venus » by F. Anstey

Synonyms for liveliness

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