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vividly en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈvɪvɪdli/

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin vīviduslbor. English vivid Middle English -ly English -ly English vividly From vivid + -ly.

Meanings

  1. In a vivid manner.
    • Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
    • The Campbell family’s fascination with white supremacy was vividly expressed in the names of Adolf’s two siblings, “Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell,” an homage to Heinrich Himmler, and “JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell.”² In selecting their children’s peculiar names, the Campbells had exercised a right specifically recognized in New Jersey statutory law, which states, “The designation of a child’s name including the surname is the right of the child’s parent(s).”³ 2011 November 14, Carlton F.W. Larson, “Naming Baby: The Constitutional Dimensions of Parental Naming Rights”, in George Washington Law Review, volume 80, number 1, archived from the original on 03 Aug 2025, pages 160-161:
    • The water-level route, the whistle and the loud staccato exhaust of this great engine recalled most vividly memories of the New York Central Hudsons highballing along the Hudson River between Harmon and Albany! 1960 October 14, P. Ransome-Wallis, “Modern motive power of the German Federal Railway: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 613:

Forms

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more vividly Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most vividly Degree=Sup lexicographic

Translations (11)

it chiaramente (in a vivid manner) · ru отчетливо (in a vivid manner) · kk анық (in a vivid manner) · eo vive (in a vivid manner) · eo detale (in a vivid manner) · it limpidamente (in a vivid manner) · hu élénken (in a vivid manner) · sv livfullt (in a vivid manner) · eo brilege (in a vivid manner) · fi elävästi (in a vivid manner) · fi eloisasti (in a vivid manner)