Wordnet 3.0
ADVERB (1)
1.
in a vivid manner;
- Example: "he described his adventures vividly"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
vivid \viv"id\ (v[i^]v"[i^]d), a. [L. vividus, from vivere to
life; akin to vivus living. See Quick, a., and cf.
Revive, Viand, Victuals, Vital.]
1. True to the life; exhibiting the appearance of life or
freshness; animated; spirited; bright; strong; intense;
as, vivid colors.
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In dazzling streaks the vivid lightnings play.
--Cowper.
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Arts which present, with all the vivid charms of
painting, the human face and human form divine.
--Bp. Hobart.
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2. Forming brilliant images, or painting in lively colors;
lively; sprightly; as, a vivid imagination.
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Body is a fit workhouse for sprightly, vivid
faculties to exercise . . . themselves in. --South.
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Syn: Clear; lucid; bright; strong; striking; lively; quick;
sprightly; active.
[1913 Webster] -- viv"id*ly, adv. -- viv"id*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
vividly
adv 1: in a vivid manner; "he described his adventures vividly"