vivacious
Americanadjective
adjective
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full of high spirits and animation; lively or vital
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obsolete having or displaying tenacity of life
Other Word Forms
- unvivacious adjective
- unvivaciously adverb
- unvivaciousness noun
- vivaciously adverb
- vivaciousness noun
Etymology
Origin of vivacious
First recorded in 1635–45; vivaci(ty) + -ous
Example Sentences
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Hughes’ script supplies Andie with a fount of vivacious wit and self-assurance, which is what makes watching her dull her shine as the film progresses so confounding.
From Salon
Miriam is vivacious and energetic but dogged by an unexplained sin from her earlier life—a sin that vests itself in the sinister person of her “model.”
A typical story ended cruelly, “The once talented, vivacious and successful spirit rapper is now a total wreck.”
From Literature
While he uses the Nasmyth work as his template, his Burns is younger, fresher faced and more vivacious than the original.
From BBC
In a remarkable film of a recently married couple, we briefly glimpse a vivacious Anne, not yet confined to the annex, regarding the pair from a balcony.
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