VIVACIOUSLY

vivaciously

(adverb) with vivacity; “he describes his adventures vivaciously”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adverb

vivaciously (comparative more vivaciously, superlative most vivaciously)

In a vivacious manner.

Source: Wiktionary

VIVACIOUS

Vi*va"cious, a. Etym: [L. vívax, -acis, fr. vivere to live. See Vivid.]

1. Having vigorous powers of life; tenacious of life; long-lived. [Obs.] Hitherto the English bishops have been vivacious almost to wonder. . . . But five died for the first twenty years of her [Queen Elizabeth's] reign. Fuller. The faith of Christianity is far more vivacious than any mere ravishment of the imagination can ever be. I. Taylor.

2. Sprightly in temper or conduct; lively; merry; as, a vivacious poet. "Vivacious nonsense." V. Knox.

3. (Bot.)

Definition: Living through the winter, or from year to year; perennial. [R.]

Syn.

– Sprightly; active; animated; sportive; gay; merry; jocund; light- hearted.

– Vi*va"cious*ly, adv.

– Vi*va"cious*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition