full of life and spirit; gay and cheerful
energetic, active, busy
Cases of word usage
1) (of movement, activity) quick and lively (brisk)
2) lively and happy (cheery)
3) to make (an event, painting etc (more) lively (enliven)
4) brightly coloured and decorated; (of a person, behaviour, writing style etc) very energetic, lively etc (flamboyant)
5) to play about in a gay, lively way (frolic)
6) (music for) a kind of quick, lively dance; an apparatus that holds a piece of work and guides the tools that are used on it (jig)
7) (to cause a person, situation) to become lively (liven)
8) (of a person) to become (more) lively and active (perk)
9) a kind of (music for a) lively Scottish dance; a long, round object on which cotton, thread, wire, photographic film, magnetic tape etc is wound (reel)
10) to take great delight in something; to have a happy, lively time (revel)
