vivacious
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/icons/point.icon LIVELY, ANIMATED, VIVACIOUS, SPRIGHTLY, GAY mean keenly alive and spirited.
LIVELY suggests briskness, alertness, or energy.
e.g. a lively debate on the issues
ANIMATED applies to what is spirited and active.
e.g. an animated discussion of current events
VIVACIOUS suggests an activeness of gesture and wit, often playful or alluring.
e.g. a vivacious party host
SPRIGHTLY suggests lightness and spirited vigor of manner or wit.
e.g. a tuneful, sprightly musical
GAY stresses complete freedom from care and overflowing spirits.
e.g. the gay spirit of Paris in the 1920s
adjective
(especially of a woman) attractively lively and animated:
〈人･性格が〉快活な, 陽気な (!特に女性について用いる) ; 〈行為が〉活発な
e.g. her vivacious and elegant mother
e.g. she was dark-haired and vivacious.
DERIVATIVES
vivaciously |vəˈvāSHəslē| adverb
vivaciousness |vəˈvāSHəsnəs| noun
ORIGIN
mid 17th century: from Latin vivax, vivac- ‘lively, vigorous’ (from vivere ‘to live’) + -ious.