liveliness

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

LI'VELINESS, noun [from lively.] 1. The quality or state of being lively or animated; sprightliness; vivacity; animation; spirit; as the liveliness of youth, contrasted with the gravity of age. 2. An appearance of life, animation or spirit; as the liveliness of the eye or countenance in a portrait. 3. Briskness; activity; effervescence, as of liquors.
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