Synonyms for vivacity


Grammar : Noun
Spell : vi-vas-i-tee, vahy-
Phonetic Transcription : vɪˈvæs ɪ ti, vaɪ-

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Définition of vivacity

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Latin vivacitatem (nominative vivacitas) "vital force, liveliness," from vivax (genitive vivacis) "lively," also "long-lived," from vivere "to live" (see vital).
  • noun liveliness
Example sentences :
  • Nor, my dear, does your own mother always escape the keen edge of your vivacity.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • What a difference between her vivacity and that of my charming Gabrielle!
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Then she shot her vivacity back into place as by some powerful spring.
  • Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington
  • But what she was noticing was the flagging effort of his vivacity.
  • Extract from : « Southern Lights and Shadows » by Various
  • Only at the last did she descend to vivacity or the use of her eyes.
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • While for vivacity and ease there is little or nothing to choose.
  • Extract from : « A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume II » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • Only it is to be observed that—in painters—this vivacity is not always versatile.
  • Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin
  • Like the people about her she was vivacious, but her vivacity was tragic—she had not come here to be gay.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • "That must be put an end to," said the Queen, with some vivacity.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs Of The Court Of Marie Antoinette, Queen Of France, Complete » by Madame Campan
  • "And that's what we DO call it," put in Julia, with vivacity.
  • Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic

Antonyms for vivacity

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