English Explanatory Dictionary

lifely

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of, pertaining to, or endued with life; living; vital; essential.

adv

In a lifelike manner.

Word forms

lifely more lifely most lifely

Etymology

From Middle English lifly, lyfly, lyflich, from Old English līflīċ (“living; vital”), equivalent to life + -ly. Doublet of lively and lifelike.

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